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Parkrose board to consider revised personal-device policy after student work and equity review
Summary
Superintendent and student representatives described a draft personal-device policy that would allow phones in noninstructional spaces at the high school, with the board scheduled to consider a first reading at the next business meeting.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Parkrose School District administrators presented a revised personal electronic device policy on Oct. 13 that would permit students to carry phones in noninstructional spaces at the high school while keeping devices off or stored during instructional time.
"I will tell you that most kids are storing their phones in their homerooms," the superintendent told the board during the policy discussion, describing current building-level practice. "If the phone's not out, we're not bellyaching about where the phone is. If it's out, then we're gonna belly and can tell you where it needs to go." The superintendent said administrators have observed a decrease in phones…
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