District adopts detailed regulation implementing bell-to-bell student device restrictions

What happened

A newly adopted regulation (R 5516) spells out grade-by-grade rules banning student use of internet-enabled devices during the school day for all K-12 students, with specific storage requirements and a graduated discipline system (verbal warnings escalating to daily device check-in and possible suspension for repeated violations).

Why it matters to families

This operationalizes a bell-to-bell personal device restriction across all schools with concrete, escalating disciplinary consequences for students, directly affecting daily routines and discipline for every family in the district.

The evidence

Regulation R 5516 'Student Use of Internet-Enabled Devices' details K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 rules prohibiting internet-enabled device use on school grounds during the school day, storage requirements, and a five-tier progressive discipline schedule culminating in daily device surrender for the remainder of the academic year.

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