A few months ago, Director Stuart shared a concern that she had heard from others about cell phone use among students. Shortly after this, a high school teacher in Sultan School District in Snohomish County shared with the superintendent how grateful she was for a newly implemented policy in her school district that substantially restricted mobile phone usage. In December, Director Stuart and Michael Green met with Sultan's superintendent to discuss their experience, which has been largely positive.
The lead building and program administrators discussed the idea of a board policy substantially restricting mobile phone use, and there was unanimous support for the idea.
The questions for the board are:
Included for board review are three policy documents:
Woodland Policy 3227 —PERSONALLY OWNED TELECOMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
WSSDA Model Policy 3245 — Students and Telecommunication Devices
Sultan School District Policy 3245 — Students and Telecommunication Devices