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Yuma Union board highlights new handbook changes, enforces no-phones-in-class rule
Summary
The Yuma Union High School District presented a redesigned student handbook and reiterated a new rule—students may not have cellphones visible during instructional time—while stressing the handbook aligns exactly with district policy and aims to protect instructional minutes.
The Yuma Union High School District governing board heard a presentation on the district—s redesigned student handbook and a districtwide cell-phone rule during its Nov. 2025 meeting. Eric Patton, the district—s chief communications officer, said the handbook was redesigned to be more user-friendly and is being published in both English and Spanish; the district received a Spanish proof the afternoon of the meeting and expects online publication in the coming weeks.
Patton said the handbook was reworked to match board policy verbatim…
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