In the North Bay, school officials in Petaluma are considering a hot-button topic this week: whether to ban cellphone use at every district campus, from kindergarten to 12th grade. The proposal by Petaluma City Schools is all in the name of a distraction-free learning environment. Some students aren’t sure it will work.
In the future, students in Petaluma City Schools may not be able to text, call or check social media on their cell phones until after school. The district is considering making all campuses ‘phone free’ during school hours…