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Scotia‑Glenville presents draft 'bell‑to‑bell' cell phone policy; public hearing set for July 14
Summary
District staff presented a draft policy to bar phone use during the school day to align with New York’s new bell‑to‑bell law, outlined exemptions and enforcement plans, and scheduled a public hearing for July 14 with a required board adoption by Aug. 1.
Scotia‑Glenville Central School District officials presented a draft “bell‑to‑bell” cell phone policy and scheduled a public hearing on the proposal for July 14, district staff said. The board must approve a final policy by Aug. 1 to comply with state law.
Mr. Arquette, a district staff member who presented the draft, said the policy grew from a yearlong task force of administrators and teachers and that the task force’s recommendation was “to ban cell phones, for the duration of the school day, from the start of the day until the end of the day.” He said the recommendation aligns with a recent initiative by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul that prohibits sanctioned use of smartphones and other internet‑enabled personal devices “for the entire school day from bell to bell.”
The draft would keep elementary students’ phones off their person and stored in cubbies; middle‑ and high‑school students would be required to store phones in lockers for the…
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