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Some districts have a strict policy, where schools confiscate students鈥� personal devices for the day and keep them stored. Other districts have a more lax policy where the devices must be put away and on silent or powered off.

WCS鈥檚 policy falls on the more lax side, requiring the devices to be stored away during instructional time. Teachers may authorize use of the device for a specific educational purpose, during the event of an emergency, to manage a student鈥檚 health or as part of a student鈥檚 Individualized Education Program (IEP), Section 504 plan, Individual Learning Plan (ILP) or the device is required to operate assistive technology to support a documented disability.

Depending on the school and individual classroom, students may be instructed to keep their devices inside their backpacks or teachers may have a designated place for devices to be kept in during the class period. The School Board said individual school administrators can decide whether the devices will be allowed during lunch and between classes.

WCS Public Information Officer Bart Barker said smart watches are also included in the policy and must be put away with smart phones.

鈥淗ave some conversations with your students about the importance of this,鈥� Barker said, addressing families and parents, on a video posted to WCS鈥檚 Facebook page.

鈥淪tudents,鈥� Barker added in the video. 鈥淟et鈥檚 do this, OK? Let鈥檚 have a good school year. If you do a really good job at this, your ol鈥� buddy Bart is going to try real hard to get you a few extra snow days.鈥�

Students violating the policy can receive disciplinary action, which may include the confiscation of the digital device.

Chromebooks, a type of laptop computer, are issued to some students at the beginning of the school year, which are WCS property and permitted during instructional time because of modern learning environments. Barker said these Chromebooks are monitored continuously with digital resources the school district has in place.

鈥淯sage for social media applications on Chromebooks are restricted,鈥� Barker said. 鈥淪hould the Chromebook user attempt to compromise the device in an attempt to access restricted sites, then we also have tools in place that flags the device.鈥�

Some parents have raised concerns over students not having access to their devices during an emergency, but school officials have said that emergencies do fall under the special circumstance exceptions.