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Board debates 'bell-to-bell' cell-phone policy, enforcement and exceptions

Elizabethtown Area School District Board · April 14, 2026
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Summary

Board members questioned draft language for a bell-to-bell student-device policy, weighing enforcement feasibility, study-hall and lunch exceptions, and whether cellularly connected devices such as smartwatches should be included; no policy vote was taken.

Board members spent an extended portion of the April 14 workshop debating a proposed cell-phone policy that would limit student access to cellular devices during instructional time.

Mrs. Wilson introduced the draft language that would restrict phone use during independent work, free time and class unless the teacher explicitly directed…

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