In the aftermath of a stabbing, a suicide and complaints of bullying involving students in the Coronado Unified School District, Superintendent Karl Mueller said the district plans to crack down on the use of phones and social media at local campuses.
Mueller’s disclosure – which came during an Oct. 30 public forum on school safety, student discipline and emergency response protocols – was met with applause from a crowd of about 100 district parents, staffers, students and community members who attended the event.
Mueller said the governing board will make “very difficult decisions about the role of cell phones on all four of our campuses” beyond cell phone pockets used during instructional time…