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Board adopts district cell-phone ban and approves four overnight student trips
Summary
The board approved policy JICJ (prohibiting personal electronic devices bell-to-bell with exceptions for medical/IEP/first responders) by voice vote and approved four multi-day student trips — Catawba Ridge FFA to Indianapolis, Fort Mill High TV program to Florida, Banks Trail fine-arts to Orlando, and Forest Creek eighth-grade trip to Washington, D.C.
The board voted to adopt policy JICJ, which prohibits personal electronic communication devices (including cell phones and internet-capable smartwatches) during the school day from bell to bell, with stated exceptions for students with individual education plans, medical plans or 504 plans and for students serving as first responders. Mr. Young, presenting the second reading, described those exceptions and implementation practices in classrooms. "This is the second…
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