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BHS Cell Phone Policy Remains in Effect til Summer

By on February 12, 2013

THE NEW CELL PHONE USAGE POLICY AT BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

 

THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED 6-TO-1 LAST NIGHT (MON) TO KEEP THE POLICY IN EFFECT FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WITH ANOTHER EVALUATION SET DURING THE SUMMER.

HOWEVER, A FEW MORE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT WEARING HEADPHONES OR EAR-BUDS SINCE THE CURRENT CELL PHONE RULES WERE ENACTED… PRINCIPAL TOM MESSINGER SAYS HE HOPES THE UPSWING IN HEADPHONE USAGE CAN BE HANDLED WHILE KEEPING THE CELL PHONE POLICY INTACT. 

IN OTHER BUSINESS, THE PANEL ALSO APPROVED LOW BIDS FOR TWO DEMOLITION PROJECTS… THE FIRST INVOLVES TWO HOUSES AT 128 AND 130 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE… WHILE THE SECOND PROJECT INCLUDES WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE MODULAR UNITS NEAR THAT BUILDING. THE LOW BID FOR THE CENTRAL AVENUE DEMOLITIONS WAS JUST UNDER $10,000, WHILE THE LOW BID FOR THE SECOND PROJECT WAS $79,900.

THE BOARD ALSO HEARD A FISCAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET UPDATE AND LEARNED ABOUT A READING PROGRAM AT NORTH HILL ELEMENTARY.