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Residents urge stricter cellphone rules and more supports for foster care, literacy and student mental health
Summary
Multiple public speakers called on the Palm Beach County School Board to remove student cellphones from school settings, expand digital safety education, recruit foster parents and address literacy and racial equity concerns in schools.
Several members of the public used the meeting's public-comment period on Feb. 18 to press the school board on student safety, foster-care recruitment and literacy gaps.
Jill Coleman, who identified herself with Mothers Against Media Addiction, told the board: "Phones are a huge problem. We need to do something about it. ... My child can go into school and borrow a friend's social phone ... and be connected with drug dealers." She called for policies that limit student access to smartphones on campus and offered her groups help providing outreach and parent education.
Ariana Casanova Silva, a student at Dr.…
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