Devices Cell Phones/Electronic Portable electronic devices shall not be turned on or used in any way during instructional time or when their use is otherwise prohibited by school personnel. Instructional time includes the entire period of a scheduled class, other times when students are participating in any instructional activity, or at other times when school personnel prohibit their use. If such portable electronic devices are used when prohibited by school personnel the devise may be confiscated by school personnel. They may be obtained by the parent or guardian from a site administrator. Students are required to turn portable electronic devices over to school personnel when requested. Students who refuse to do so may be removed from class or other school activity, have committed insubordination and resisting authority and may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including suspension from school. Portable electronic devices are allowed to be taken and used on school trips except that they may not be used during any instructional activity or at other times when school personnel prohibit their use. Coaches and sponsors are encouraged to set guidelines for their use. Use of cameras or the camera features on a cell phone or other portable electronic device in a restroom or locker room or for any use constituting an invasion of any reasonable expectation of privacy is strictly person’s prohibited. The site administrator may establish and school personnel may enforce additional guideline appropriate to campus needs. Students violating the policy may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including suspension from school. There is, in certain instances, educational value in utilizing portable electronic devices in class or during instructional activities when such devices in class or during instructional activities when such devices aid in extending, enhancing, and/or reinforcing the learning process students’ related to the instructional objectives of the class or activity they are attending. Approval for use of such devices will be at the students’ discretion of the classroom teacher and/or site administrator unless such device is mandated in a Individual Educational Program (IEP) or student’s
Cell Phones/Electronic Devices Portable electronic devices shall not be turned on or used in any way during instructional time or when their use is otherwise prohibited by school personnel. Instructional time includes the entire period of a scheduled class, other times when students are participating in any instructional activity, or at other times when school personnel prohibit their use. If such portable electronic devices are used when prohibited by school personnel the devise may be confiscated by school personnel. They may be obtained by the parent or guardian from a site administrator. Students are required to turn portable electronic devices over to school personnel when requested. Students who refuse to do so may be removed from class or other school activity, have committed insubordination and resisting authority and may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including suspension from school. Portable electronic devices are allowed to be taken and used on school trips except that they may not be used during any instructional activity or at other times when school personnel prohibit their use. Coaches and sponsors are encouraged to set guidelines for their use. Use of cameras or the camera features on a cell phone or other portable electronic device in a restroom or locker room or for any use constituting an invasion of any person’s reasonable expectation of privacy is strictly prohibited. The site administrator may establish and school personnel may enforce additional guideline appropriate to campus needs. Students violating the policy may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including suspension from school. There is, in certain instances, educational value in utilizing portable electronic devices in class or during instructional activities when such devices in class or during instructional activities when such devices aid in extending, enhancing, and/or reinforcing the students’ learning process related to the instructional objectives of the class or activity they are attending. Approval for students’ use of such devices will be at the discretion of the classroom teacher and/or site administrator unless such device is mandated in a student’s Individual Educational Program (IEP) or