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COMING UP HERE SHORTLY. THANK YOU. JASON. DES MOINES HIGH SCHOOLS ARE WORKING THROUGH THEIR CELL PHONE POLICIES FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. TUESDAY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCED DISTRICT WIDE GUIDELINES FOR CELL PHONES IN SCHOOLS, BUT THEY’RE LETTING HIGH SCHOOLS DEVELOP THEIR OWN POLICIES. ����vlog MARCUS MCINTOSH HAS A LOOK AT HOW SOME SCHOOLS ARE TACKLING THE CELL PHONE CHALLENGE, WHERE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THEY’VE BEEN FORMULATING A PLAN TO ADOPT THOSE DISTRICT WIDE GUIDELINES FOR MONTHS. I FEEL READY. STEPHEN CHAPIN IS THE PRINCIPAL. HE SAYS THEY WERE READY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD’S GUIDELINES, AND THEY’LL BE READY TO MAKE THE CHANGE THIS FALL. BUT THEY WILL NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE. THIS POLICY KIND OF CALLS INTO THE NECESSITY TO HAVE SOME MORE SPECIFIC PARAMETERS THAT ARE MORE CLEARLY ARTICULATED IN TERMS OF WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT’S NOT ACCEPTABLE. THESE ARE THE HIGH SCHOOL GUIDELINES. INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IS CELL PHONE FREE. NON-EDUCATIONAL USE IS PROHIBITED. COMMUNICATION FROM FAMILIES NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE OFFICE, BUT HIGH SCHOOLS CAN ADAPT THE POLICY TO MEET THEIR NEEDS. COMFORT WALSH IS A ROOSEVELT JUNIOR. SHE’S CONFIDENT A DISTRICT WIDE CELL PHONE POLICY WILL BENEFIT THE LEARNING PROCESS. SHE ALSO KNOWS THAT SCHOOLS BEING ABLE TO ADAPT THE POLICY IS JUST AS IMPORTANT. HAVING THAT UNITY CAN BE HELPFUL. BUT THEN AGAIN, I GUESS THE PEOPLE GOING TO EACH SCHOOL HAVE A DIFFERENT CULTURE. SO THEN YES, THERE CAN BE A UNIVERSAL POLICY, BUT THEN IT CAN BE REEVALUATED AS TIME GOES ON. WE ALSO SPOKE WITH JILL VERSTEEG, PRINCIPAL AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL. SHE SAYS THE CURRENT GUIDELINES AT HER SCHOOL ARE ALMOST SPOT ON WITH WHAT WILL TAKE EFFECT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. I THINK IT IT AFFIRMS WHAT WE ALREADY ARE DOING HERE AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL. WE’VE HAD A POLICY THIS YEAR THAT CELL PHONES NEED TO BE PUT AWAY DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO PUT THEIR PHONES AWAY FOR THE ENTIRE DAY IN DES MOINES, MARCU