A new district-led bill, HB 2299, has been proposed to enforce a ban on phone use throughout the school day, effective next fall. Next year, students will be required to store away their personal devices...

For the majority of teenagers, mobile phones are a vital aspect of their social and emotional lives. From waking up to check Instagram notifications to asking a friend where they’re eating lunch to setting...

On Monday Dec. 9, after two readings of a new district wide cell phone policy, the USD 497 Board of Education voted 7-0 in favor of the new policy. Effective Jan. 6, the policy will implement a cell phone...

This summer, following a teacher petition in June and updated cell-phone policies in surrounding districts, the USD497 school board decided to take a closer look at formalizing both the Free State and...