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Tigard‑Tualatin student and staff report smooth rollout of cell‑phone ban
Summary
A Tigard High School senior told the Tigard‑Tualatin board that students are largely "fine" with the district's cell‑phone policy; administrators said teacher and parent contacts have been mostly positive after proactive rollout.
At a work session on the district's legislative priorities, a Tigard High School senior identified herself as Lasana and said students have mixed but largely positive responses to the district's cell‑phone policy. "For me personally, I don't think it's affected me because, like, I don't have a personal attachment with that phone," Lasana said, adding some parents have safety concerns.
District staff and an unnamed superintendent reported strong support from teachers and administrators, describing roughly nine positive notes for every critical contact and crediting a proactive rollout that placed the policy firmly in effect from the first day of school. The superintendent said staff redirected a student with concerns to the principal and that implementation scaffolding helped ease the transition.
Why it matters: The comments give the board direct feedback on how a district‑level implementation is playing out in classrooms and at home. Board members should weigh student and staff reports alongside any formal metrics the district collects on attendance, incidents or instructional time.
Next step: Board members thanked the student and staff for their reports and moved on to the remainder of the legislative agenda; there were no policy changes or votes taken during the work session.
