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Cell Phone Policy

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As of March 28, 2016, Congress Middle School has adopted a new cell phone policy. This new policy, according to the Congress webpage post, will be much stricter and basically bans cell phones from the school during school hours. To summarize the changes to the policy, students are to put their cell phones in their lockers when they arrive to school and they are to stay there until dismissal at 2:30. If a student has their cell phone out during class, passing time, or lunch, then the phone will be taken to the office and will have to be picked up after school. On the student’s second offense, the phone will be taken, the student will receive an office referral, their parents will be notified, they will have after school detention, and the phone …show more content…

It ensures that our cell phones are safe inside our lockers.” When asked if she knows what the policy entails, she responded, “You can’t have your phone out or teachers will take it to the office.” Trinity Christofferson, also on the Titans, said: “I don’t like the new policy, but I think it is necessary. People are always on their phones in class and the phones can disrupt the class and are a big distraction.” When asked if she knows what this new policy means, she said: “Kind of. From what I got when Dr. Stanley and Mrs. DeDonder talked about it on the announcements, if you get your phone taken then you get an office referral, and just having your phone out is a bad thing so just keep it in your locker.” When I interviewed Dr. Stanley, the assistant principal here at Congress, he said, “We always seek to improve upon what we do, so the effectiveness of this set of expectations in allowing for students to have access briefly throughout the day, while protecting the learning environment will be reviewed and adjustments will be made as needed.” I also asked him if there would ever be exceptions for students who need to use their phones, and he replied with, “I do not foresee any exceptions. If students need to speak with their parents, they may ask for a pass to use the phone in the office. Outside of that, they are able to quickly receive and send messages at their lockers each passing

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