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Williamson County Schools to review stricter cell-phone limits after parent plea
Summary
A parent urged the Williamson County School Board for a bell-to-bell ban on student cell phones; district leaders said a technology committee will focus on phone rules this fall and noted state law requires emergency-use exceptions and a new 48-hour notification rule for significant disturbances.
A parent urged the Williamson County Board of Education on Aug. 18 to adopt a bell-to-bell ban on personal cell phones for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, and district leaders said a technology committee will produce phone-specific recommendations this fall.
Emily Eisenbarger, a parent of three Williamson County students, told the board she favors locked pouches, lockers or another storage method so phones are inaccessible during the school day. “The research is clear. Phones undermine learning,” Eisenbarger said. She cited a University of Chicago study and described a parent at Columbia Academy who told her a…
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