(TNS) — Coppell High School, where Marli Field is about to be a senior, tightened its cellphone policy even before Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a statewide “bell-to-bell” ban on cellphones, laptops, smart watches and other communications devices at public schools.
As schools welcome back students this fall, campuses across the state won’t be as inviting to cellphones.
As a student journalist, Field would often use her phone for reporting assignments. She said having a phone on her — even if she could only use it between classes – soothed anxieties about school shootings and other campus emergencies…