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Normandy board debates tightening student cell‑phone rules; asks superintendent to convene review
Summary
At a board work session, trustees discussed aligning district policy JGR1 with an existing superintendent cell‑phone mandate, including adding "possession" and "on campus" language, accommodating IEP and safety concerns, and asking the superintendent to form a committee to draft recommended changes.
At a Normandy Schools Collaborative work session, board members spent the bulk of the meeting reviewing how a recently announced cell‑phone mandate aligns with the district's student discipline policy, JGR1.
The board discussed whether the district's policy language should be revised to add "possession" of personal electronic devices and to clarify that the prohibition covers devices on campus during the regular school day. Director Teresa Pearson led the item and repeatedly urged the board to find a workable starting point: "We have to start somewhere," Pearson said as trustees traded questions about safety, special education accommodations and extracurricular events.
The discussion matters because the district's current written policy focuses on "using, displaying, or turning on" devices during class time, class change and meal periods and does not explicitly say students may not possess devices on campus.…
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