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Colonial Heights School Board narrows student cell phone policy, adopts implementation delay to start second semester
Summary
The Colonial Heights School Board on Nov. 19 voted to revise its student cell-phone policy so that cell phones and personal communications devices must remain "off and away" during class time, while allowing use between classes, during lunch, on buses and after school.
The Colonial Heights School Board on Nov. 19 voted to revise its student cell-phone policy so that cell phones and personal communications devices must remain "off and away" during class time, while allowing use between classes, during lunch, on buses and after school. The board approved the change with two amendments and set the policy to take effect at the beginning of the second semester on Jan. 16, 2025, to allow administrators time to educate students and families.
Board members and administrators debated enforcement and teacher discretion for roughly an hour. Supporters said a uniform rule — phones off and away unless a teacher explicitly permits use — would remove ambiguous “gray areas” that make enforcement inconsistent…
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