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Education

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A student in the foreground holds a phone under a desk while a teacher writes on a chalkboard in the background.

Rochester schools enforce new statewide cell phone ban

Rochester Community Schools is enforcing new age-based cell phone restrictions under a Michigan law that took effect for the 2026-27 school year, with high schoolers allowed limited use outside class while younger students face a near-total ban.

· 2 min read

A student in the foreground holds a phone under a desk while a teacher writes on a chalkboard in the background.

Rochester schools enforce new statewide cell phone ban

Rochester Community Schools is enforcing new age-based cell phone restrictions under a Michigan law that took effect for the 2026-27 school year, with high schoolers allowed limited use outside class while younger students face a near-total ban.

· 2 min read

A student in the foreground holds a phone under a desk while a teacher writes on a chalkboard in the background.

Rochester schools enforce new statewide cell phone ban

Rochester Community Schools is enforcing new age-based cell phone restrictions under a Michigan law that took effect for the 2026-27 school year, with high schoolers allowed limited use outside class while younger students face a near-total ban.

· 2 min read

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Rochester schools extend Chromebook pickup deadline to Aug. 21

Rochester Community Schools distributed 1,700 Chromebooks on Aug. 5-6, and families who missed the event can schedule a makeup appointment at the Administration Building through Aug. 21, three days before the first day of school.

A Rochester Community Schools student poses with her new Chromebook at the district's device deployment event, with a sign directing 9th and 6th graders to separate check-in tables.

Rochester schools lose $10.7M after Oakland County millage fails

Oakland County voters rejected a 1.5-mill regional enhancement millage 51.1% to 48.9% on Aug. 5, leaving Rochester Community Schools without an estimated $10.7 million in annual operating revenue less than three weeks before the school year begins.

Brick school building in winter with a parking lot, blue dome, and a welcome sign in front.

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