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Board approves districtwide ban on personal electronic devices; implementation planned for January
Summary
The board approved Policy JICJ (prohibition of personal electronic devices) on second reading and directed staff to implement it in January, with signage and communications to parents and monitoring of disciplinary data.
The Newberry County Board of Trustees on Dec. 16 approved Policy JICJ, a prohibition on personal electronic devices during the school day, adopting the policy on its second reading and directing staff to implement it in January.
The policy, described in meeting materials as aligned with State Department of Education guidance and model policies from the School Boards Association, will be implemented districtwide with local variations in how schools store student devices: some schools will require students to keep phones on their person secured, while others will implement lockers for cell phone storage.…
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