The Carlsbad Unified School District rolled out its new rules formalizing the practice of restricting cellphone use on school campuses after the Board of Trustees approved the changes in April. Students are not allowed to access their phones while in class or during “instructional time,” although how phones will be stored is up to each school, CUSD Superintendent Ben Churchill said.
The policy also extends to smartwatches, pagers or other mobile devices for high school students unless they are needed for learning, according to the guidelines. He said the move was made to increase attention during class, connections with other students and more.
