The Beaverton School District is taking notice of Portland Public School’s decision to ban cellphone usage at all its district schools, beginning fall 2025.
The Portland Public School’s board voted 5-2 on Tuesday, Jan. 7, to keep student cellphone and personal electronic devices turned off, even during lunch periods. In Beaverton, plans for a new policy are in the works, including thought to what neighboring schools are implementing.
Teachers have argued that they need to teach and not spend a lot of time telling students to put their phones away. But many students, on the other hand, say phones are needed during lunch periods…