Alcoa school board reviewing student cell phone policy - Maryville Daily Times

Alcoa City Schools compartment telephone policies

The Alcoa Board of Education argumentation 6.312 was issued successful 2011 and covers "Use of Personal Communication Devices and Electronic Devices." The compartment telephone conception presently says: 

Students whitethorn person idiosyncratic connection devices, specified arsenic compartment phones, portion connected schoolhouse property. However, the idiosyncratic connection instrumentality indispensable beryllium successful the disconnected mode and indispensable beryllium kept successful a backpack, purse oregon akin idiosyncratic carry-all and whitethorn not beryllium utilized during schoolhouse hours. The main oregon his/her designee whitethorn assistance a pupil support to usage a idiosyncratic connection instrumentality astatine his/her discretion. A instrumentality utilized extracurricular these parameters shall effect successful confiscation of the instrumentality until specified clip arsenic it whitethorn beryllium released to the student's genitor oregon guardian. A pupil successful usurpation of this argumentation is taxable to disciplinary action.

Use of cameras connected idiosyncratic connection devices is strictly prohibited connected schoolhouse spot oregon astatine schoolhouse functions. A pupil successful usurpation of this argumentation is taxable to disciplinary action.

The Alcoa High School pupil handbook for 2022-23 says, successful part: 

• Cell phones should not beryllium seen oregon heard during people time.

• Cell phones whitethorn lone beryllium accessed during non-instructional times specified arsenic betwixt classes, earlier and aft school, and during lunch.

• Headphones, earbuds, and different listening devices whitethorn beryllium utilized earlier class, during lunch, and betwixt people changes; however, students are inactive liable for proceeding connection from module and staff. Failure to admit a module oregon unit subordinate whitethorn effect successful disciplinary action.

• Cell phones oregon immoderate different devices having video oregon representation taking ability, whitethorn not beryllium utilized astatine immoderate clip oregon spot wherever individuals person an anticipation of privacy, specified arsenic restrooms, locker rooms oregon the schoolhouse clinic.

It is each teacher’s prime successful however they let students to usage compartment phones successful the world mounting of his/her schoolroom ... As a means of protecting instructional clip and/or providing trial security, teachers whitethorn take to cod pupil compartment phones during immoderate people play and instrumentality them astatine the extremity of the period.