Henrico Schools to enforce stricter consequences for cell phone violations

The Henrico School Board approved several changes to the division’s Code of Student Conduct at a meeting June 6, which outline more specific and stricter consequences for students breaking cell phone policies. While previous consequences for cell phone violations allowed teachers and administrators to choose whether or not to confiscate the device, new changes will require devices to be confiscated after a certain number of violations for both elementary and secondary students. For elementary students, Henrico Schools’ cell phone policy – which requires students to have cell phones “out of visible sight, silenced, or in airplane mode during scheduled class...

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