Atherton Schools bans cell phones at high school following ‘air drop’ threats - MLive.com

FLINT, MI -- Atherton Schools has banned compartment phones and different idiosyncratic connection devices from the junior/senior precocious schoolhouse aft students received “air drop” threats of unit connected much than 1 occasion.

District Superintendent John Ploof connected Friday, Nov. 11 announced the ban, mostly involving compartment phones, astute phones and astute watches. It takes effect Monday, Nov. 14.

If a pupil is recovered with a idiosyncratic connection device, the instrumentality volition beryllium confiscated and the pupil could look disciplinary action.

Ploof said the prohibition comes astatine the proposal from Burton Police Chief Brian Ross.

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“Please support successful caput that the threats which occurred past Thursday brought fearfulness and panic successful some students and parents,” Ploof wrote successful a missive to parents Friday. “This resulted successful parents picking up their students and keeping them location connected Friday.”

The archetypal airdrop menace came connected Oct. 25, a time aft parents voiced vexation with the Atherton Board of Education over a euphony teacher’s apprehension for an alleged intersexual narration with a 14-year-old student.

Some parents accused schoolhouse administrators of not being transparent and failing to pass the improvement rapidly to parents.

Ploof said that immoderate genitor who needs to get a connection to their pupil should interaction the schoolhouse bureau for help. Students besides volition beryllium allowed to usage phones successful the bureau to interaction parents.

Related: Parents request answers astatine archetypal Atherton schoolhouse committee gathering aft teacher arrested

The compartment telephone ban, which starts Nov. 14, volition screen the hours of 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

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