Student cell phone use most often a district-wide decision in Kentucky schools WEKU
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ArepresentativeoftheKentuckySchoolBoardsAssociationsaysgenerallyspeaking,allschooldistrictshaveadoptedpoliciespertainingtostudentcellphoneuseduringtheschoolday.AndKSBADirectorofCommunicationsJoshShoultasaidthosetypicallyprohibituseduringinstructionunlessgiventeacherpermission.
“Sotheteacherhasacertainamountofauthorityinbeingabletoallowstudentstousetheirmobilephonedevices,smartphones,foracademicuse,”saidShoulta.
Shoultasaidthevastmajorityofschoolsystemshaveadopteddistrict-widecellphonepolicies.Hesaidafewhaveleftituptoindividualschoolcouncils.Theaimistopreventnon-instructionaluse.
“Disruptionstotheacademicprocess.Privacyconcerns.Forinstancewedon’twantnecessarilyfolkstakingphotosofstudentsthroughoutthedayorphotosofthingswherepeoplemightfeeltheirprivacyisbeingviolated.Thingsthatcouldcontributetobullying,”saidShoulta.
AndShoultanotedschoolofficialsdon’twantstudentsusingcellsthatmightcontributetoche
