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Trustees consider tighter K–8 cellphone limits after district data shows most misuse occurs in high school
Summary
Staff proposed amending the student code of conduct to prohibit personal-device use during the day for pre-K–8 students (devices must be off and kept in backpacks); district data showed 7,102 misuse incidents, with roughly 72% at high schools.
District administrators presented proposed student-code-of-conduct changes on May 20 that would prohibit personal telecommunication devices during the school day for pre-K through eighth-grade students, require devices to remain turned off in backpacks, and allow exceptions only for students with approved 504 plans or IEPs or for serious emergency calls handled through the front office.
Doctor Waite and other administrators displayed device-violation data the district tracks (MLD: misuse…
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