Algoma District School Board administrators introduced an updated draft Code of Conduct for students, staff and teachers at the board’s most recent meeting Tuesday.
The ADSB already had directives in place about cell phone use in schools but the updated draft Code of Conduct reflects recent Ministry of Education directives on cell phone use. “Phones in a classroom are a huge distraction not only because students can’t get off them but I also feel that for some people it causes major anxiety, because there is internet bullying,” said Desirae Schell-Migwans, the board’s Indigenous student trustee and Superior Heights student.
“Currently the use of cell phones is regulated by the teacher in the classroom and that sits in our board’s use of technology policy. What this does is embed that in the Code of Conduct. We have three reasons they can have them for use during instructional time, for instruction as directed by the teacher, for special education needs or medical purposes. Essentially it lays out the three reasons why they can be used.
“With artificial intelligence it’s not going to get easier, it's going to get harder. There are smartwatches. It’ll be interesting to see how it rolls out and how the enforcement will be on a consistent basis throughout Ontario,” said trustee Nick Apostle. The boards say their parent companies have burdened teachers with managing students’ use of what they say are addictive social media platforms.The Code of Conduct presented Tuesday also contains a ban on the presence and use within schools of e-cigarettes or vapes, commonly known as vaping.Vair said that the use of vapes by some students is tough on teachers and other students.
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