Committee members press district on student phone enforcement practices
Board discussion clarified how phone policies are enforced across levels: middle-school phones are kept off-person or in lockers and successful enforcement centers on a simple consistent rule ("if you see a phone, take a phone") with retrieval at the end of class or day and graduated responses for repeat incidents.
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A committee member asked how the district's phone policy differs between middle and high schools and how enforcement is handled. "Is it just away and off and put on the student, or are they required to turn them in and they pick them up?" the member asked. Staff replied that the middle-school approach is "off and away" with some students keeping phones in pockets, backpacks or lockers and that the same model would be implemented at the high school where feasible.
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