School policy prohibits cellphones -- sort of

Dwanetta Scott, executive director of Child Welfare & Attendance, reviews policies at a St. Landry Parish School Board committee of the whole meeting on Monday.
Dwanetta Scott, executive director of Child Welfare & Attendance, reviews policies at a St. Landry Parish School Board committee of the whole meeting on Monday.

Public high school students are prohibited from using cellphones and other electronic devices during school hours in a policy adopted on Monday by a School Board committee of the whole on Monday. A policy prohibiting the use of electronic devices by students in St. Landry Parish public schools is among several approved by a School Board committee of the whole on Monday. But Board President Mary El…