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Bolivar R‑I prepares handbooks for state cellphone ban; district to form advisory council
Summary
Administrators told the board they will add new language to student handbooks to comply with a state law banning cellphone use during the school day and will launch a district advisory council to address culture and behavior issues.
Administrators told the Bolivar R‑I Board of Education they are preparing student handbook language and parent communications to implement a state law that bans student cellphone use during the school day.
Dr. Garber, who will become assistant superintendent of academics on July 1, and other administrators said the district is aligning handbook language with the new statute (referred to in the meeting as Senate Bill 68) and noted that the ban applies "bell to bell" from…
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