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Student rep reports early approval for phone 'phone hotel' policy; teachers report positive reception
Summary
Student representative Adona reported on school-climate activities and said the new high-school phone policy (students deposit phones in a 'phone hotel') has been in place a month and teachers and students report improved focus; the student council will survey students and teachers each marking period.
Adona, the student representative and a junior at the high school, updated the board on positive school-climate activities across the district (book‑vending programs, Camp America trips, opening-week celebrations) and provided an early report on the high-school phone policy.
On the phone policy, Adona said it has been in place for about a month and "for the people that I've talked to ... they say that they're more, first of all, focused." She described a simple 'phone hotel' system for storing phones during class and said teachers report improved engagement; Adona added the student council plans to distribute a Google form each marking period to collect student and teacher feedback.
Board members asked about teacher reaction and parent-facing communications; Adona said teachers she contacted "love it" and that the administration will solicit broader feedback in forum classes and via surveys. No policy vote occurred tonight; Policy 237 (electronic devices) was on first reading.
