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Board suspends district cell‑phone policy after IT says switching to Google Voice could save about $20–$26K a year
Summary
Trustees voted to suspend the district’s cell‑phone policy and pursue a Google Voice migration for most district lines; trustees said board and superintendent lines will remain active while IT and counsel work through implementation and records access procedures.
The Douglas County School District board voted unanimously on June 26 to suspend Board Policy 8.12 and its administrative regulation that had authorized district‑issued cell phones, after an Information Technology presentation said switching most staff lines to a Google Voice solution would reduce annual telecom costs.
IT director Jesse Bates told trustees the district currently carries roughly 62 FirstNet/cellular lines at an average annual cost of about $36,000. Moving those lines to a Google Voice deployment for staff — with district numbers delivered through a Google Voice app on employees’ personal devices — would carry an…
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