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Petaluma trustees approve phased cell‑phone restrictions; district will refine enforcement and tracking
Summary
The Petaluma City Schools Board approved a mobile communications device policy that sets a timeline for phone‑free high schools during the full school day beginning in 2026–27 and calls for uniform classroom procedures in 2025–26. Trustees asked staff to develop enforcement guidance, data tracking and communication to families.
The Petaluma City Schools Board on Wednesday adopted a new board policy (BP 5131.8) to standardize how mobile communications devices are handled across district schools. The policy establishes a timeline in which both high schools will implement uniform classroom procedures in the 2025–26 school year and a district‑wide phone‑free full school day for secondary students beginning in 2026–27.
Superintendent Esmeralda Sanchez Mosley and staff outlined the timeline and enforcement approaches. For 2025–26, principals will require consistent classroom procedures such as pocket charts or device caddies at the start of instructional periods and will prohibit devices from being taken to restrooms; the board policy directs that these practices be codified in school…
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