Anger over a new cellphone policy at Madison High School caused some students to walk off campus in protest this week, and now, those students may face consequences.
Cellphones are now prohibited from campus after a series of fights that administrators say were caused by content being shared on students’ phones.
According to our partners at the Houston Chronicle
, Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles is threatening serious consequences for students who choose not to show up to class.
At Thursday night’s board meeting, he reportedly said school suspensions are now on the table as punishment.
Monday was the start of a
new restrictive policy regarding student phones
. They must be turned into the front office, cannot be used during lunch, and then retrieved after school.
The school was already in the headlines all year, but this week alone, there were multiple fights, a school lockdown, and now, the new phone policy.
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