Cell Phone Policy Could be Revised for Montville Schools
Principals would be able to decide whether students could use cell phones and when.
Students may soon be permitted to use their cell phones during the day in a limited capacity at school according to a revision the board of education is considering to a Montville Township school district policy. Board Member Jon Alin spoke briefly about the revision before the policy's introduction by first reading at the Sept. 24 meeting. Alin said a committee is being formed with students and teachers to evaluate the use of cellular phones in the schools. The existing policy does not permit cell phone possession or use at school at all on the elementary level, but does permit cell phone possession and use before and after school on the middle and high school levels. With the revisions, school administrators would be able to determine …
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Nate
4:11 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Let's get a (former) student's perspective on the topic, shall we? I graduated last year, and am now a college freshman at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Let's do a quick comparison: MTHS - Cell phones were outlawed. Once during a bomb threat, I was scolded for texting my parents as to the current situation. The district hadn't yet notified them. I ended up (winning) a verbal … more ›