A student places his phone in a caddy at the start of a seventh-grade social studies class at Rolesville Middle School. — The News & Observer/TNS
School leaders from across North Carolina on Dec 3 pitched the benefits of limiting or outright preventing students from using their cellphones during the school day.
The State Board of Education is weighing whether to adopt new policies or recommend new laws that would set limits on student cellphone use in schools. During a planning meeting Tuesday, school leaders from Brunswick, Granville and Union counties said student behavior has improved due to limits they’ve placed on cellphone use.
