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Board adopts student wireless-communication policy, allows phone use at lunch and passing time
Summary
Manistee Area Public Schools Board approved a Wireless Communication (cell phone) policy June 9. The policy explicitly permits student phone use during lunch and passing time; the vote was 6–0 with one absent.
The Manistee Area Public Schools Board voted June 9 to adopt a new Wireless Communication policy for student device use. The policy—previously referred to in materials as the "cell phone policy"—includes an explicit exclusion permitting phone use during lunch and passing time.
Theresa Anderson moved to accept the student use-of-communication proposal as written; Ashley Sensabaugh seconded. The motion passed with the record showing: Shelley Johnson: Absent; Theresa Anderson: Yea; Paul Antal: Yea; Ashley Sensabaugh: Yea; Justine Slawinski: Yea; Jess Stallings: Yea; Jim Thompson: Yea (Yea: 6, Nay: 0, Absent: 1).
Board discussion as recorded emphasized the schedule windows when use is allowed; the policy replaces prior informal rules and provides written clarity for students and staff about permitted device times.
