The Virginia Beach School Board on Tuesday voted to bring the district’s policy on mobile phone usage by students in line with the new state “bell to bell” law that goes into effect on July 1.
It does away with an exception for high school students, who could use phones only during lunchtime. The board in December allowed this following Gov. Glenn Youngkin administration’s 2024 executive order calling for “cell phone-free education.”
Students in elementary and middle school couldn’t use phones throughout the day, but Beach high schoolers had access during a 50-minute block of time known as “One Lunch.”…