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Nevada R‑V board discusses handbook updates, tightens rules on Bluetooth headphones and device use
Summary
District staff presented proposed edits to the 2025–26 student and staff handbooks May 5, including a defined instructional day (08:10–03:18), a ban on Bluetooth headphones, clarified smartwatch guidance and a medical-device exception; no formal adoption of the handbooks was recorded in the transcript.
Nevada R‑V School District staff reviewed proposed updates to staff and student handbooks at the Board of Education meeting on May 5, 2025, emphasizing tighter language on personal electronic devices, clarifying instructional time and noting an administrative change to bus registration.
The handbook revisions under discussion would define instructional time as 08:10 to 03:18 and more specifically limit personal electronic devices during that period. A staff member said, “Our policy is that they have to stay in their lockers or their backpacks, and essentially if they're out, they will be taken.” The same presenter said the district is “keeping the same 08:10 to 03:18” as the definition of instructional time when describing the handbook edits.
Why it matters: the changes affect students across grade levels, particularly middle-school pupils.…
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