County School Board Considers Use Of Student Electronics
Posted: June 6, 2012
By EMILY SHARRER
Sophomore Jody Smith (left), 15, uses 14-year-old freshman Alexis Johnson’s iPod as she texts a friend from the cafeteria on Thursday. The Rockingham County School Board is working to bring its policy on electronics in line with current technology. The board is expected to vote on a revised policy on Monday. (Photo by Justin Falls / DN-R)
HARRISONBURG — References to CD players, pagers and beepers are clear signs of how dated Rockingham County Schools’ policy on the use of cellphones and other electronic devices, a county...