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Forsyth County board signals unanimous support to draft bell‑to‑bell cell‑phone limits for K–8, study high‑school approach
Summary
After a year of surveys, focus groups and a town hall, district leaders told the board April 15 there is strong community support to restrict student cell‑phone use during the school day. The board gave unanimous consent to draft policy language and return in May for review and public comment.
The Forsyth County Board of Education on April 15 heard a presentation on district work to limit student cell‑phone use during the school day and gave unanimous direction to district staff to develop policy and procedures for board consideration.
Doctor Amy Bartlett, who led the presentation on the district’s "disconnect to reconnect" work, summarized nine months of stakeholder engagement including school council meetings, superintendent advisory groups, student focus groups and a public town hall. Bartlett said the district received more than 3,700 stakeholder survey responses and that the results show "there is strong support for…
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