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School board adopts updated policy for personal devices in county classrooms

by Geoff Fox

When students in Washington County head back to school in August, there will be a new policy in place prohibiting the use of cellphones and personal devices by students.

Members of the Washington County Board of Education voted unanimously during their June 16 meeting to approve the new policy regarding devices, putting it into effect for the coming school year.

The policy statement says:

“Student use of a personally-owned, electronic communication device…