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Cell Phone Use
To help reduce distractions in schools, the use of personal mobile devices will be restricted during the instructional day so that students can focus on learning.
Minimizing distractions for students, supporting their capacity for regulation and optimizing the conditions for learning to support student achievement and well-being is a priority for the WRDSB.
Code of Conduct
Students must refrain from using personal mobile devices at all times during the instructional day, except under the following circumstances:
- For education purposes, if explicitly permitted by the educator
- For health and medical purposes
- To support special education needs, as documented in the student’s IEP
Students’ personal mobile devices must be stored out of view in their lockers and powered off or set to silent during the instructional day, except when their use is permitted under the circumstances outlined above.
Consequences
In accordance with WRDSB policy 128, students are responsible for their personal mobile device, how they use it and the consequences of not following the WRDSB’s policy on personal mobile device use, which may include progressive discipline.
If an educator sees a student using their personal mobile device, the educator will instruct the student to place the device in a designated location at the office.
For first offences, the educator will direct the student to the main office and the principal will determine the designated location in which the student will place their personal mobile device.
For subsequent offences, the educator will direct the student to the main office and the principal will determine the designated secure location in which the student will place their personal mobile device; the principal will notify the student’s parent/guardian to let them know about the situation.
For third and further occurrences, the Principal will call parents and guardians and ask them to come retrieve the device from the office.
If the student refuses to place their personal mobile device in the designated location, the principal will notify the student’s parent/guardian and consider using a progressive discipline approach to address the transgression.
Principals have discretion to consider a range of responses to address violations of the Board Code of Conduct, including suspension.