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Board tables inter‑district enrollment changes and discusses student cell‑phone policy

Benzie County Central Board of Education · May 11, 2026
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Summary

The board tabled approval of the Inter‑District Open Enrollment Policy and 105c Release Agreement to June 8 and received a policy committee recommendation on student cell‑phone restrictions (Policy 5209) to consider before finalizing handbook language.

The board voted unanimously to table the Inter‑District Open Enrollment Policy and 105c Release Agreement until the June 8 meeting after administrators presented proposed track‑change edits and dispute‑resolution language that would add the ISD as a final decision maker.

Policy committee items also addressed Thrun Board Policy 5209 on student use of cell phones. The committee recommended elementary students keep devices powered off and in lockers, middle school students keep devices powered off but carry them, and high school students power phones off during class but be allowed to carry them and use them at lunch; the committee recommended tabling any unresolved policy decisions to the June 8 meeting.

Trustee and parent advisory input was noted; the board did not take final action on the enrollment agreement or the cell‑phone policy at this meeting.