Posts Tagged Cell Phones

Proposed legislation would expand Youngkin’s ban on cell phones in Virginia schools

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 24, 2025

School boards across Virginia are about to start cracking down on students using cell phones. Michael Pope has the details.

Cell Phones, Virginia Schools

Some Virginia schools have already been ahead of new state cell phone free learning push

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on August 19, 2024

Inett Dabney, principal at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, holds up the Yonder pouches used to seal away student’s cell phones. (Credit: Brad Kutner / Radio IQ)

Virginia’s Department of Education released a draft policy Thursday that aims to make schools cell phone free for nearly the whole school day. Brad Kutner has more from one school in Richmond that got ahead of the curve and limited cell phone use in schools earlier this year.

Cell Phones, Education, Virginia Schools

Despite Local Government Concerns, Small-Cell Towers Will Soon Be Headed to a Neighborhood Near You

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on October 3, 2019

StateSeal00 New wireless technology is being installed on utility poles across Virginia. It’s thanks to a new law that’s opened the floodgates for small-cell technology. Michael Pope reports.