Brantley County Schools Cell Phone Policy

Schools within the Brantley County School system have continued to make academic gains over the past several years. The academic improvement can be attributed to a number of factors, most notably, a strong commitment to place academic achievement at the forefront of our priority list. Board of Education members, system leaders, administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and students are to be commended for making and maintaining this commitment.

In an effort to continue to maintain the academic focus required for continuous improvement, all schools in the Brantley County system have adopted the following new cell phone policy for the 2010-2011 school year.

Electronic devices, including cell phones, may NOT be visible, heard, or used during the instructional day. (Instructional time in the Brantley County Schools is defined as from the time a student enters the campus until the school day ends.) Refusing to adhere to this policy will result in the following penalties:

• 1st offense - Device is taken up and turned in to front office.  It will be returned to a parent or an approved adult on cell phone pickup day which is every Friday or the last day of the week in the event of a holiday.
• 2nd offense - Repeated above consequence + 1 day of ISS
• All subsequent offenses - Repeated 1st offense + 3 days of ISS