As a reminder to parents, there are changes to the 2007-2008 Code of Student Conduct at the high school level for inappropriate use of cell phones.
For a number of years, high school students have been permitted to possess, display, or use cell phones before or after the instructional day. This privilege will still remain in effect, but there is a need to minimize their disruption in the school building and classroom. Effective with the start of the 2007-2008 school year, the discipline consequences for using a cell phone during the instructional day are more severe than in previous years.
The instructional day is defined as the moment the student enters the school building to the final dismissal bell. Please keep in mind, the instructional day includes, but is not limited to, study halls, lunch break, class changes, and any other structured or non-structured instructional activity that occurs during the normal school day (School Board Regulation 5-36.8). Should a high school student activate, display, or use a cell phone or any portable communication device during the instructional day, in accordance with the school division’s Discipline Guidelines, the following disciplinary action will result:
| Offense |
Disipline Action |
| First Offense |
Level 4 /In-School Suspension (ISS) 1-3 days |
| Second Offense |
Level 5/ Out-of-School Suspension (OSS) 1-5 days |
| Third Offense |
Level 6/OSS 6-10 day recommendation |
| Fourth Offense |
Level 7/OSS Long Term Suspension recommendation
(more than 10 days) |
In addition to the discipline action listed above, school officials will take possession of the cell phone or portable communication device for twenty-four hours. Specific times may be established by school officials for parents/legal guardians/adult students to retrieve such devices.
Parents should remember that elementary and middle school students are not permitted to possess these devices in school. |
