Gilbert Public Schools is weighing whether to extend its strict no-cellphone policy to high schools after new data highlighted enforcement challenges and a spike among younger teens.
District officials reported 259 cellphone-related violations in the current school year, down from 312 two years earlier, a 17% decrease.
But the data also revealed that eighth- and ninth-grade students account for nearly half of all incidents, raising concerns about how students handle increased independence during key transition years…