• Phone Policy

    For safety purposes, the district permits students to possess personal
    telecommunication devices such as, cellular phones and
    pagers/beepers. However, such devices shall not be visible and shall
    remain off during instructional time unless approved by the teacher or
    administrator.

    Campus administrators shall have the discretion to determine the appropriate use of cellular phones during the instructional day and
    for students participating in extracurricular activities while on school property or while attending school-sponsored or school-related
    activities on or off school property. However, all cellular phones must be turned off during instructional time.

    The use of cellular
    phones or any device capable of capturing images is strictly prohibited in locker rooms or restroom areas while at school
    or at a school-related or school-sponsored event.


    The District is not liable for lost or stolen cell phones. All confiscated phones must be turned in to the principal’s office immediately,
    if possible, or as soon as practicable the day the phone is confiscated.

    All staff members must place confiscated cell phones in a
    secure location. Once the cell phone has been confiscated, the following procedure will be used to return the device:


    1. The first time a cell phone is confiscated,
    parents/guardians may pick it up with no fee assessed.


    2. The second time a cell phone is confiscated, an
    administrative fee of $5 will be charged before the
    device can be returned. Parents/guardians will be
    notified that the student’s device has been confiscated
    for the second time.


    3. If a cell phone is confiscated a third time, an
    administrative fee of $10 will be charged before the
    device can be returned.


    4. If a cell phone is confiscated a fourth time, an
    administrative fee of $15 will be charged before the
    device can be returned. Any device not claimed by
    September 1 following the end of the school year will
    be disposed of according to FNCE(LEGAL).


    5. Any student refusing to give the device to school
    personnel will be subject to Level I disciplinary
    consequences.

    THIS POLICY WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED BY
    ALL SCHOOL PERSONNEL. All confiscated phones
    must be turned in to the principal’s office immediately,
    if possible, or as soon 
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