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Sayville board discusses new NYS cell‑phone ban and district email restrictions; administrators plan phased rollouts and follow‑ups
Summary
Sayville administrators outlined plans to implement New York State’s bell‑to‑bell cell‑phone ban and described a district restriction on external student email, while parents and board members pressed for reliable ways to communicate last‑minute schedule changes.
The Sayville Board and district administrators spent a substantial portion of the meeting on implementing New York State’s mandated bell‑to‑bell cell‑phone policy and a recently tightened district rule limiting external email traffic to student accounts.
District administrators told the board they had drafted FAQs and a public communication plan and planned high‑school “locker days” in August to practice locker use before school begins. Amy, the administrator leading the rollout, said the high school will also use locker upgrades and an enclosed security booth to secure confiscated phones on repeat offenses.
“We recognize that the policy will particularly compel high‑school students to use their lockers when this has not been a standard practice in the past,” Amy said, and administrators…
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