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Students tell Wake County board a blanket cell-phone ban would harm learning and accommodations
2680071 · March 19, 2025
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Student leaders spoke at the board meeting to oppose a blanket cell-phone ban, arguing phones support project-based work, accessibility accommodations for neurodivergent students and organizational needs under 504 plans.
A group of student speakers urged the Wake County Board of Education to reject a blanket, schoolwide ban on cell phones, telling the board phones are an instructional tool for projects, a personal accommodation for neurodivergent students, and an organizational aid for students with 504 or other accommodations.
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