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JH/HS principals report 'good start' to Cherokee ISD school year; phone policy has one violation
Summary
Junior high and high school Principal Rebecca Sharkey told the board the school year began well, citing a mostly smooth rollout of a new phone policy (one violation in week one), a shift in classroom technology setup, and a ZAP (Zeros Aren't Permitted) program now running at lunch with plans to expand to Fridays.
Rebecca Sharkey, junior high and high school principal, told the Cherokee ISD board the 2025–26 school year "got off to a good start." She said the new phone policy has been "pretty smooth," recording only one violation during the first week. Sharkey also described a change in classroom technology from a one-to-one device model to a classroom setting; she called it "working out pretty well with some growing pains."
The district has begun beginning-of-year (BOY) benchmarking and launched a ZAP (Zeros Aren't Permitted) program, currently held at lunch with plans to expand to Fridays; Sharkey noted the program will be monitored by staff. The updates were presented as part of the principals' reports and were accepted by the board as informational items during the Aug. 11 special session.
