Parents and advocates in Ann Arbor are urging school officials to ban cellphones for the entire school day, not just during class. The proposal would keep phones off-limits from the first bell to dismissal.
On Nov. 5, about a dozen people spoke before the school board in support of the petition, which has 421 signatures.
Brent Richards, a Pioneer High School teacher and parent, said, “Students today are more distracted, more anxious, and less engaged than ever before,” according to Government Technology. He described problems linked to phones like cheating, drug deals, cyberbullying, and fights coordinated over text…