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Board hears plan to implement state cell-phone ban; district previews mobile storage "cabinet" solution
Summary
Following a statewide student cell-phone ban, Utica district leaders discussed implementation plans including mobile or wall-mounted storage cabinets (referred to informally as 'Megatron') that would house student devices during the day; board members and staff flagged logistics, inventory and aesthetic concerns and asked for community-ready communications.
Board members reviewed how the district plans to implement Governor Hochul's new school-day cell-phone policy and heard a facilities/maintenance presentation about proposed device-storage cabinets.
At the policy committee discussion, a board member summarized the state mandate: districts must adopt local policy to ban students' cell phones during the day. Maintenance and facilities staff presented a candidate mobile cabinet…
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