CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – As the winter break approaches for Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools, students, educators and staff have now had their first semester with the new cellphone policy.
Earlier this year, the CMCSS School Board adopted a “blackout” policy that bans students from using cellphones during the school day. Four months into the new school year and cellphone policy, and students appear to be less distracted. But that doesn’t mean they like it.
“There have also been less distractions during class time,” student School Board member Elijah Fuller told Clarksville Now. “Likely because students are fearful of the punishment for having a cellphone out. The main consensus is that students don’t like the new policy, even if it benefits them.”
Cellphone ‘blackout’ during school day
On April 1, Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill into law that requires school boards to adopt a more stringent policy that prohibits students from using “wireless communication devices” during instructional time, except in certain circumstances…