District policy · 2026-2027
Camden City School District
Camden County · K-12 district · Grades 6-8
Last verified · policy year 2026-2027
Read this entry with one caveat
Verified from the Camden Middle School 2026-2027 student and parent handbook, which the district publishes. We do not claim it describes Camden's elementary schools or Camden High. Two things to know about the document. It is internally inconsistent about time: the device section defines the school day as 7:40 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., while Sports Study Hall is described as running 2:30 to 3:05 PM with a device check beforehand. And parts of the handbook are template text from another state - the discipline and dress sections cite New York State law. The device rules recorded here are not affected by that: they sit under a heading reading “Personal Internet Enabled Devices”, with school-issued Chromebooks covered separately under “School Issued Electronic Devices”, and they use Camden's own school-day hours.
Period by period
1 of 6 not yet verifiedEach row is either something this district’s own document says, or an explicit admission that we have not found it. We never infer one period from another. Passing time, lunch and study hall, the three periods the statute never mentions, are marked with an amber rule.Q8
- Class time
- Not allowed
- Phones and other personal internet-enabled devices are prohibited.Instructional time. Restricted under the statute itself.
- Passing timeNot named in the statute
- Not allowed
- Phones and other personal internet-enabled devices are prohibited.Between classes. NJDOE guidance restricts it; the statute never mentions it.
- LunchNot named in the statute
- Not allowed
- Phones and other personal internet-enabled devices are prohibited.On-campus lunch. NJDOE guidance restricts it; the statute never mentions it.
- Study hallNot named in the statute
- Not allowed, with exceptions
- Prohibited, but the policy names circumstances in which a student may use a device anyway.Study hall. NJDOE guidance restricts it; the statute never mentions it.
- School bus
- Not yet verified
- We have not found a source that states this district's rule for this period. We have not guessed one.State guidance permits phones on buses unless the district goes further. A district rule here is stricter than the state floor.
- Before and after school
- Not allowed, with exceptions
- Prohibited, but the policy names circumstances in which a student may use a device anyway.State guidance permits phones outside the school day unless the district goes further.
How phones are stored
A local choice, not a state oneVaries by school
Different schools in the district use different storage methods.
"Devices must be stored in lockers or backpacks and should not be seen, heard, or used during the school day." Devices may not be carried in hand or used in hallways.
What happens if the rule is broken
The device is turned in to the Main Office and returned at the end of the day. Consequences may include Main Office detention, extended school day detention, or in-school suspension.
Asking for an exception
The statute names what a policy must accommodateFour "Approved Exceptions" are listed: educational use with teacher or administrator permission for a specific lesson; a Sports Study Hall device check from 2:25 to 2:40 PM; Main Office use to contact a parent or guardian; and health, safety, legal or IEP/504 needs as required. No waiver form is described.
The statute itself names circumstances a policy must accommodate, including an IEP, a 504 plan, a documented health plan, translation needs, certain caregiving responsibilities, and emergencies.s.2.b(3)-(5)
In the district’s own words
Quoted exactly, not summarisedStudents may not use personal internet-enabled devices during the school day (7:40 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.) unless specifically authorized.
Camden City School District · read · Open the document
Everything else on this page is our reading of Camden City School District’s policy. This is the policy. We quote rather than paraphrase so you can check us against the document instead of taking our word for what it says.
Sources
1 primary, 0 corroboratingNothing on this page can be published without at least one primary source attached to it. That is enforced by the database, not by a habit.
District decisionPrimary source
Camden Middle School Student and Parent Handbook 2026-2027
Camden City School District · checked
Cellphones and personally enabled electronic devices are NOT allowed after 2:40pm. Students may check messages between 2:20pm and 2:40pm before SSH begins.