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Board committee narrows student cellphone use: new electronics policy prescribes storage and classroom caddies
Summary
The policy committee recommended a revised electronics policy that prohibits student device use during instructional time, with site-specific storage rules: Grandview devices to be stored until end of day, middle-school devices kept in lockers, and high-school classrooms to use organizer/caddy systems.
The Derry Area School District policy committee presented a revised electronics policy that prohibits student use of cell phones and other personal electronic devices during instructional time and sets different storage approaches for each building.
Under the proposal described by Policy Committee members, Grandview students would not have personal electronic devices during the school day; devices will be placed in a storage box until the end of the day. Middle-school students would be…
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