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Keystone Central board votes 7-1 to move cellphone and dress-code language into student handbooks
Summary
At a special Aug. 21 meeting, the Keystone Central School District Board of Directors voted 7-1 to move agenda item C‑1 — updates on cellphone and hood/hat rules — into the student handbooks after debate about enforcement and safety uses of phones.
The Keystone Central School District Board of Directors voted 7-1 Thursday to move agenda item C‑1 — language addressing student cellphones and headwear — into the district student handbooks.
Board members debated whether the handbook language and consistent enforcement are sufficient or whether the district should ban phones entirely. The lone no vote came from Dr. Baldino; seven other board members voted in favor of placing C‑1 in the handbooks.
Board discussion focused on two issues: consistent enforcement of existing progressive-discipline language in the…
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