New Telecommunications Items Policy in Effect

Recently the Fort Worth ISD Board of Education approved a student cell phone policy that prohibits students from using cell phones, pagers/beepers or any other telecommunications item that would be considered a distraction to the educational enterprise while the student is on school property. Pre-K through 5th grade students are not allowed to possess such devices while on school property or while attending school-sponsored or school-related activities on or off school property. School staff have been told to confiscate the devices of violators and contact parents for retrieval.