BY AUDREY BAKER & WESLEY GARDNER CONTRIBUTIONS BY DIEGO COLLAZO & JAMES T. NORMAN
What’s next
What they’re saying
“This is state law. This is not law made by the board, not law made by the administration. It’s what’s coming down from the state, and
Despite her concerns about the rollout of the cellphone ban, Longoria said she believes most members of the teacher’s union support the policy. “Educators and parents, we’re all aware of the many harmful eects that the constant stream has on kids,” Longoria said. “We’ve done some internal surveys from our members, and more of our members do favor a cellphone ban during the instructional day than oppose it.” Kingwood High School senior Hania Schmonsees said that while she believes the ban will increase student productivity during the school day, it could result in limited communication between students and parents in emergency situations. “Say we’re going to lock down—we can’t text our parents, can’t let them know what’s going on,” Schmonsees said. “I mean, obviously they’ll get messages from the district, but they’re not going to get it from their children.”
Cummings said the district’s technology committee will be considering device usage,
we are rolling this out [in line with the law].” ELIZABETH SHAW, HUMBLE ISD POSITION 5 TRUSTEE
instructional needs, costs and funding before bringing more information to the board. “Any move toward 1-to-1 would require sustainable funding to cover not only initial purchases, but also device replacement, support and connectivity,” Cummings said. In the meantime, Cummings said devices will be allocated based on instructional programs, grade-level requirements and adherence to the district standard at all campuses. “We prioritize devices for state testing requirements, specialized instructional programs and classrooms with higher digital curriculum usage,” he said.
“People are going to be pretty sour about it at rst. … But I think, overall, on top of productivity being increased, it’s also going to increase
morale for a majority of the students [and] make people feel more interconnected.” DONOVAN BAKER, SENIOR, KINGWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
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