Cell Phone & Electronics Policy

Cell Phone and Electronics (ipads, tablets, laptops, etc.) Use:

Cell phones should not be used while on school campus.  If, for emergency purposes, you send your students to school with a cell phone, it must be off and in their backpack while at school.  Every room at our school has a landline phone if it is absolutely necessary.   A student’s cell phone will be confiscated: 

• anytime a student uses, looks at, or interacts with a phone—whether it is their phone or the phone of another student—for any purpose (calling, texting, social media, checking time, etc.) 
• anytime a student lends their phone to another student
• anytime the phone disrupts learning (rings, alarm goes off, etc.). 

School staff will respond the following way when cell phones, electronics, or toys or electronics are out:

• 1st time: Phone is confiscated and held on to until the end of the day.  Family is contacted and cell phone is returned.
  • If the student does not pass over the cell phone to staff, then the staff will respond as if it is the 2nd time.
• 2nd time: Phone is confiscated and held on to for up to one week (per SFUSD policy).  Family is contacted and will meet with the school team before the phone is returned.
• 3rd time: Phone is confiscated and held onto until a formal agreement is reached for the student to no longer bring a cell phone or electronic device to school.