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Cellphone committee recommends limiting phones in academic settings; staff to update discipline matrix
Summary
A cellphone committee and a district survey of roughly 12,100 respondents recommended restricting personal-device use in classrooms while allowing limited use in non-academic settings; staff will update the district discipline matrix to reflect the recommendations.
A district cellphone committee that included parents, students, teachers, principals and administrators reported survey-driven recommendations to the Sioux Falls School District 49-5 board at a work session, proposing clearer limits on student cellphone use and recommending updates to the district’s discipline matrix.
Dr. Nold, the staff member who led the committee, said the group of 36 conveners collected roughly 12,100 survey responses — including nearly 4,900 parent responses, more than 1,200 teacher responses and nearly 6,000 student responses from middle and high school — and used those responses, committee discussion and research studies to form recommendations.
Key committee recommendations were: - Elementary: Cellphones and similar personal devices should not be used during the academic…
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