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Board discusses tighter wireless-device rules for K–8 and restrooms, will revise procedure
Summary
Trustees debated updates to Procedure 5-305 on student wireless devices and directed staff to redraft text clarifying that personal phones and smartwatches be stowed during class for K–8, allow limited passing-period use for high school, and explicitly ban cameras in restrooms and locker rooms.
Mesa Public Schools trustees spent substantial time on July 8 discussing Procedure 5-305, the student code-of-conduct rules for wireless communication devices. The board did not vote on a procedure (procedures are administrative), but trustees gave staff direction to clarify language and expectations before the procedure is posted in two consecutive status cycles.
Several trustees recommended stricter rules for younger students. Member Chaffee proposed extending a bell-to-bell restriction…
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