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Committee debates stricter mobile-phone limits for students; administration to return with proposals
Summary
Committee members pressed for tighter restrictions on student mobile-phone use during school hours and asked administration to gather examples from other districts and provide implementation recommendations. Administration reported staff surveys and said principals and staff were already taking steps; no policy change was enacted at the meeting.
Committee members discussed updating the district’s mobile-phone policy amid growing concern about classroom distraction. Board member Juan Romero and Board member Tom Hankins both argued for stricter in-school rules, including keeping phones in…
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