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Shawnee Mission board opens first read on districtwide personal device policy after months of input
Summary
After a months-long task‑force review and a community thought exchange with roughly 4,700 participants, the Shawnee Mission Board voted to bring a draft personal electronic device policy back for a second reading Jan. 13, directing staff to clarify definitions, discipline application, and 504/ADA accommodations.
The Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education on Dec. 9 moved to treat a proposed district policy limiting student use of personal electronic devices as a first reading and asked administration to return with clarified language by Jan. 13.
Superintendent Dr. Mike Schumacher framed the recommendation around an action-team report and a district thought exchange that drew “about 4,700 participants who shared 3,600 thoughts and 75,000 ratings,” a dataset he said helped the team identify both strong support for stricter enforcement and sizable concern about safety and access during emergencies.
The superintendent described the proposal as age‑differentiated: at the elementary level, “all personal electronic devices will be stored during the school day”; at the middle school level devices would be kept in…
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