Headphone and Cell Phone Policy
Grades 9 through 12 – Students who bring WCDs to school must ensure that they remain on silent mode and completely out of view for the entire school day except for the student’s lunch period, or as expressly authorized by the classroom teacher for a specific instructional activity. Classroom teachers may also provide, and students may utilize, a cell phone storage area in their classroom.
Unauthorized Use of a WCD:
- Engaging in non-education-related communications and/or usage during instructional time
- Capturing, recording, or transmitting the words or sounds, audio, images, pictures, and/or video of any staff member or other person in the school or while attending a school-related activity without expressed prior notice and explicit written and/or verbal consent of said party and/or as indicated by a student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP)
- Capturing and/or recording fights or similar events, and/or subsequent posting of said recording/images to social media and similar outlets
- Distracting use/behavior that creates an unsafe environment
- Taking pictures, recording video, or any similar activity in locker rooms, shower facilities, and/or rest/bathrooms
- Capturing, recording, and/or transmitting test information or any other information in a manner constituting fraud, theft, cheating, or academic dishonesty or using a WCD to receive such information
- Using WCDs in any manner that otherwise violates the Student Code of Conduct
Devices may be confiscated for the following reasons:
- Repeated violations of the WCD policy contained herein
- Capturing, recording and/or transmitting audio and/or pictures/video of an individual without proper consent
- If the WCD is confiscated, it will be released/returned to the student’s parent/guardian after the student complies with any other disciplinary consequences that are imposed, unless the violation involves potentially illegal activity, in which case the WCD may be turned over to law enforcement
- Any student capturing, recording, and/or transmitting audio, pictures, video or similar acts without proper consent may be directed to delete said audio, picture and/or video file in the presence of a parent/guardian
- Any potentially illegal activity regarding WCD may lead to the confiscation of said device and delivery of said device to law enforcement and/or referring the issue to Child Protective Services as appropriate
