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Bastrop ISD reviews cellphone rules for students and proposes school library advisory committee
Summary
Trustees received information on possible changes to the district's communication-device policy for elementary students and discussed establishing a School Library Advisory Committee to advise library collection development.
The Bastrop Independent School District Board of Trustees heard information about proposed revisions to the district’s communication-device policy and a recommendation to establish a School Library Advisory Committee (SLAC) to advise librarians and the director of digital learning.
Dr. Kristy Lee and district staff told trustees that a policy draft under review would allow elementary students to possess mobile phones but keep them stored in backpacks, consistent with current practice in many schools. Dr. Lee said the district wants to consider “allowing elementary students to have them, but to store them in their backpacks,” and staff will return with…
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