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Board debates districtwide ban on phones during lunch and class; holds policy pending state law
Summary
Broward board members, principals and students debated a code-of-conduct change that restricts cell phone use during the school day. After extensive testimony the board left the policy intact for now and said it will revisit the issue after the Legislature acts and outside research is completed.
The Broward County School Board spent the meeting’s longest discussion on proposed code-of-conduct language restricting student cell phone use during the school day.
Board policy adopted earlier limited devices during instructional time (the first bell to last bell). At the workshop, Superintendent Dr. V. Hepburn and staff reviewed implementation experience, pending state legislation and district research the district is doing with Florida Atlantic University.
Arguments for strict limits came from a number of board members and school leaders who said removing phones from the school day increased in-class attention and improved social…
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