At the Sept. 9 work session, Unionville-Chadds Ford School District trustees discussed several policy matters, including the pacing of a potential cell-phone policy change and second-reading updates to concussion-management policy 123.1.

Several trustees said they prefer gathering more data and wider community engagement before making a substantive change to cell-phone rules. One trustee noted many peer districts ban phones during instructional time — language the district’s current policy already addresses — and administrators said the safety committee will collect baseline data and bring community feedback into any recommendation. A district official announced a community book read of The Anxious Generation on Sept. 26 to inform the conversation.

Policy 123.1, the concussion-management policy, advanced to second reading with language expanded to include non-athletic concussion scenarios (for example, marching band, theatre and dance). Administrators said the policy changes reflect current practices and rely on treating physicians and concussion-management teams to guide return-to-play and return-to-classroom decisions.

Trustees also revisited calendar changes adopted previously that use Flexible Instructional Days (FIDs) and forgive two additional days. Some board members expressed concern that the district could be operating at the state minimum of 180 instructional days and asked whether the calendar decision should be reexamined in future meetings.

No final policy votes were taken at the work session; several items are scheduled for regular-board action at next week’s meeting or for later readings.