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Board adopts strict student cellphone policy after extended debate over third-offense penalties
Summary
After more than an hour of discussion about enforcement and exceptions for after-school activities, the Preston County Schools board adopted revisions to Policy 11‑45 (student use of personal electronic devices) and asked staff to return with school-level protocols and a potential parental appeal option for third‑offense restrictions.
The Preston County Schools Board of Education on Aug. 11 voted unanimously to adopt revisions to Policy 11‑45, governing student possession and use of personal electronic devices, after extended discussion about how the rule will be enforced and whether parents should be able to appeal a third‑offense restriction.
The policy adopted on its second and final read requires that devices be powered off during the school day and allows disciplinary progression that, after a third documented infraction, removes the student’s ability to have the device at school for the remainder of the term. Board members debated whether that…
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