Newport Schools tightens cell phone use for students

Newport Schools tightens cell phone use for students

Newport Schools is making updates to its cell phone use policy for students. The Newport Board of Education voted at a meeting on July 30 to change its code of conduct to reflect that students cannot be on their cell phones during the “instructional day” versus the previous language of “instructional time.” After a conversation on the policy on Wednesday, the board decided against including the fact that student phones would be confiscated and k…