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Oak Park board to draft new cellphone policy, chair says
Summary
The Oak Park Board of Education chair said the district will draft a new, high-level cellphone policy and return specific language to the board for review; staff will map the draft to existing policy series and bring it back to a future meeting.
The Oak Park Board of Education began discussion of a new cellphone-related policy, with the board chair saying the district will draft specific language and return it to the board for review. "Board policy is very high level," the chair said, adding that the board would not include detailed regulatory language in the high-level policy but would bring draft wording back for consideration.
The chair said the matter stems from changes at the state level and that the district currently lacks a specific written policy on the issue. The chair mapped the work to the district's policy series — noting the 4000 series (personnel/policy), the 7000 series (community relations) and the 8000 series (general/accessibility) — and said staff will develop wording that aligns with those sections.
The board chair also reminded the public of the district's public-comment expectations, asking speakers to respect privacy and avoid directing personal remarks at employees. The chair said staff and board members will meet to draft the policy language and present a revised draft at a future board meeting for formal consideration.
