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Dorchester School District 2 board votes to align phone policy with state 'bell-to-bell' rule
Summary
The Dorchester School District 2 board voted unanimously to change its student device policy to comply with a state regulation that requires banning student cell-phone use from bell to bell; board members said the change must be implemented midyear to meet the state deadline.
The Dorchester School District 2 board voted Nov. 11 to update its student electronic-device policy to comply with a South Carolina regulation that requires banning student cell-phone use "from bell to bell." Chair Wimberly called for the change after the policy committee presented the required update.
Miss Bates, chair of the policy committee, told the board that the state’s regulation "requires we ban cell phones from bell to bell, which is defined as the start of…
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