No more cell phones in local schools?

REARDAN — Should cell phone use be highly restricted, or even banned, in local schools? That’s a debate that some Lincoln County school districts are discussing or even acting on.

The Reardan-Edwall School District just finished its first school year with a rather restrictive cell-phone use policy for students, while the Davenport School District is closely monitoring whether it should enact a similar policy.

In Reardan, students are not allowed access to their cell phones during the school day. Cell phones must be kept in a locker or cubby.

The lone exception is for high school students, who...