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Sioux Falls School District board acknowledges updated student cell‑phone expectations for 2025–26
Summary
The Sioux Falls School District 49‑5 board on an acknowledged administrative update that restricts high‑school hallway and classroom cell‑phone use but allows phones during lunch; the change follows committee review and more than 12,000 survey responses.
The Sioux Falls School District 49‑5 board acknowledged an administrative update to student cell‑phone expectations for the 2025–26 school year that prohibits phone use in high‑school academic hallways and classrooms but allows students to use phones in the lunchroom during their lunch period.
Superintendent Dr. Knowles presented the update as an administrative recommendation developed by a 36‑member committee that included parents, students, teachers, principals and district administrators and informed by more than 12,000 survey responses. "It is expected that cell phones not be used during the…
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