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Suffolk superintendent announces 'bell‑to‑bell' cell‑phone ban effective Jan. 6, 2025
Summary
Superintendent Dr. John B. Gordon III announced a divisionwide 'bell‑to‑bell' policy requiring students to keep devices off and away during instructional time beginning Jan. 6, 2025, with medical exceptions and limited teacher uses for instructional purposes.
Superintendent Dr. John B. Gordon III told the board and school community that Suffolk Public Schools will implement a “bell‑to‑bell” cell‑phone policy when students return from winter break on Jan. 6, 2025.
Under the announced policy, students must turn off and stow phones when they enter school buildings (for example, in backpacks or lockers). The superintendent said the division will allow narrow exceptions for…
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