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Phone-policy update draws praise and procedural dispute as staff cites high fidelity of rollout
Summary
Board members debated whether an implementation update on the district’s mobile-device policy was premature; staff reported districtwide rollout, school survey results (Antelope: 62 teachers surveyed; 56 or 90% report high fidelity), admin walkthroughs showing phones away about 85% of the time, and 169 logged discipline incidents involving 52 students.
Trustees debated the timing of a fall update on Board Policy 5131.8 (mobile communication devices) while staff described early implementation results and discipline follow-up.
One trustee objected that the board had directed a six- to 12-month assessment and that bringing an early update risked re-litigating a recently decided policy. "I'm struggling to understand how we're having this discussion now when we're less than 3 months into implementation," the trustee said. Staff replied they had been…
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