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Board debates wireless device policy language, asks staff for clearer confiscation and return rules
Summary
During a policy review on June 3 the Martin County School Board discussed proposed language for wireless communication device rules, focusing on whether confiscation should be mandatory ('shall') or discretionary ('may'), retention periods for egregious offenses and return conditions tied to disciplinary consequences.
Board members spent an extended portion of the June 3 workshop reviewing proposed updates to the district’s wireless communication device (WCD) policy and related technology‑use policies.
Ms. Roberts, a board member, highlighted several places in the draft policies where contact points and procedures could be clearer and suggested repeating a block of contact information for different audiences so readers know where to report student versus employee issues. "When we're putting those contacts, we should put that whole block of contacts and specify whether it's student or whether it's employee," she said.
The board discussed specific disciplinary language.…
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