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Concord committee pares back draft phone-policy, moves discipline rules to school handbooks
Summary
The Concord School District Communication & Policy Committee reviewed a draft for Policy 542.1 on unauthorized communication devices, removed an extracurricular/co‑curricular ban recommended by the NH School Board Association, and directed administrators to keep disciplinary specifics in school handbooks while adding a definition of 'school day' and an emergency-use exception.
The Communication & Policy Committee of the Concord School District met Sept. 17 to review a draft of Policy 542.1, a new policy addressing student use of personal communication devices during the school day. The committee heard that the draft draws from the New Hampshire School Board Association model and the governor's/Department of Education technical advisory and that the district has begun implementing related guidelines at the high school.
The presenter summarized the draft's purpose as supporting student achievement and reducing classroom distractions and said the DOE "has asked for all districts to provide copies of their policies once they're written," a requirement the district staff is preparing to meet.…
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