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CELL PHONE POLICY

CELL PHONES

Students may possess cell phones under specific conditions. Devices must be turned off during the entire day, including before school, recess, breaks, and lunchtime. They must be kept in the student’s purse or backpack, out of sight at all times. In the event of an emergency, students will be sent to the office and school personnel will contact parents. Students using cell phones will have them confiscated and parents will need to come to the office to retrieve them. Cell phones will also be confiscated if seen or heard by a staff member. Once students are released from school at 2:20 PM/2:45 PM, students are allowed to use cell phones appropriately. Students are not to use their cellphones during school hours unless a Roy Cloud staff member has given them permission. 

​INAPPROPRIATE CELL PHONE USE:

  • Any student photographing/filming/recording a physical or verbal altercation will be suspended.

  • Any student photographing/filming/recording within a classroom, changing room, or restroom will be suspended and/or expelled.

  • Any student photographing/filming/recording anyone without that person’s prior permission will be suspended and/or expelled.

  • Any confiscated cell phone or electronic device is subject to search as permitted under applicable law.

  • Any student caught using a cell phone or electronic device for the purposes of cheating will be subject to suspension and an F on the assignment.

Additional cell phone rules and consequences for grades 6-8 are as follows:

  • If a student uses a phone/device during class (including, but not limited to, a phone vibrating or ringing even by accident) or if a student leaves a class for a specified purpose and then uses a phone/device, the following consequences will be implemented:

  • 1st​ incident: Confiscation of phone/device; given to the office. A parent/guardian/designated adult may pick it up at the end of the day.

  • 2nd​ incident: Confiscation of phone/device; given to the office. A parent/guardian/designated adult may pick it up, and the child can bring it back after a week.

  • 3rd​ incident: Confiscation of phone/device; given to the office. A parent/guardian/designated adult may pick it up and the child can bring it back after a month. 

  • 4th​ incident: Confiscation of phone/device; given to the office. A parent/guardian/designated adult may pick it up, and the child can not bring it back for the rest of the year.