From Term 1 2020, students who choose to bring mobile phones to school must have them switched off and securely stored during school hours.
At DSC this means phones are to be switched off and stored in students locked lockers from the start of period one to the end of the school day, including recess and lunchtime.
This will be a six and a half hour mobile phone detox for students, each school day.
If parents need to contact students they can do so via the office.
This is a government policy and will be in place in all Victorian Government Schools.
A draft of DSC’s phone policy is here for your information. Please feel free to comment or ask questions via the comments section below.
Note that this is a ministerial policy formally issued by the Minister for Education under section 5.2.1(2)(b) of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006.
Drouin Secondary College 
November 4, 2019 at 1:04 pm
Best decision ever
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November 4, 2019 at 2:19 pm
ABOUT TIME.
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November 4, 2019 at 6:22 pm
Thank you, the best news in a long time.
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November 5, 2019 at 6:57 pm
Great idea. I grew up without phones in school as they weren’t available like they are now, yet alone around.
Great work.
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November 6, 2019 at 7:53 pm
Great idea.
Very supportive of this policy.
Should of been legislated earlier.
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November 11, 2019 at 11:37 am
Excellent decision, I’m all for it, too many distractions, is that hard to socialise face to face…..
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