Cellular phone service can make a manager more efficient. We entrust school principals and other cost center heads with budgets over a million dollars. Prices for cellular service have dropped dramatically over the last few years. Allocating funds in a cost center's budget for reasonable use of cellular service to address safety and efficiency seems to be a determination that a cost center head should be able to make under the guidelines below. Section 3 - Guidelines for Acquiring and Using Cellular Service Cellular phones are to be used for legitimate school business related to the employee's job functions.
Personal use is discouraged except when other means of communication are unsuitable.
Typically, only one cellular phone will be approved per school or cost center. Justification for any additional phones must be approved by the Superintendent or his designee. When not in use, cellular phones must be secured so that access is restricted to only those approved to use them. Under normal circumstances, calls should be not more than 5 minutes in length. Any calls over 5 minutes may require justification.