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Farmington High tightens cell‑phone rules, rolls out managed iPads and caddies
Summary
Farmington High School principal Ryan Meyer outlined a tightened cell‑phone procedure and district officials described a managed iPad rollout that will use district Apple IDs and cloud filtering; board members and student representatives discussed logistics and enforcement.
Farmington High School will require students to place phones in classroom cell‑phone “caddies” at the start of class and the district will distribute 7,150 new iPads under managed Apple IDs, Principal Ryan Meyer said during the Farmington Public School District Board meeting.
Meyer said the caddies — each holding about 42 phones and anchored in visible locations — will be used at the beginning of each class period. “The expectation will be that learners will turn in their cell phones into those caddies at the beginning of each class period,” Meyer said. He added that students may instead leave phones in vehicles, lockers or at home if they prefer.
The iPad deployment will…
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