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Board approves handbooks; student-device policy tightened, district plans phased rollout
Summary
The board approved support-staff, teacher and student handbooks and discussed new personal communication device requirements (PCDs must be powered off/out of sight or stored in lockers); administrators said implementation will be gradual, new laptops will be issued to juniors and seniors, and technical filtering tools will be phased to avoid slowing devices.
The Random Lake School District board moved forward on multiple handbooks and debated a tighter student-device policy that will limit in-class use of personal devices. The board approved the support staff, teacher and student handbooks after clarifying text and policy language; staff said some wording (COBRA, retirement benefits, 'working days' vs. 'business days') will be corrected where transcription issues or inconsistent phrasing were identified.
On student devices, board members asked how personal laptops and iPads used by students as note-taking…
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