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Belton parent urges option for paper work for neurodivergent students using school devices
Summary
At a Belton ISD board meeting, a parent said his neurodivergent son struggles with school‑issued devices and asked the board to allow paper options for certain assignments, particularly math, citing executive‑functioning difficulties.
A Belton parent told the Board of Trustees on Monday, April 2025 that school‑issued devices impose cognitive barriers for some students and urged the district to offer paper alternatives for certain assignments.
Kyle Pierce, a Belton father of four and parent of a sixth grader at Belton Middle School, said his son River is neurodivergent and struggles with assignments given on district devices. Pierce described the challenge as an executive‑functioning issue rather than a behavioral problem and asked trustees to provide an option to complete work on paper.
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