Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, a new Arkansas law—The Bell to Bell, No Cell Act—requires schools to strictly limit student use of personal electronic devices during the school day. This applies to cell phones, tablets, laptops, smart watches, and other personal electronic devices.

If students bring these items to school, they will be expected to keep them turned off and put away in lockers for the entire school day—from the first bell to the last bell.

Over the past year, our campus has been working towards eliminating cell phone use during the school day. This new state law, however, goes further and will require a more comprehensive approach across all grade levels and throughout the full school day.

We are currently updating our district policy to align with this new law and will share full details with families before school starts and specifically at Open House. We encourage parents to begin preparing students now so that this change doesn’t come as a surprise in August.

Thank you for partnering with us to support a focused and distraction-free learning environment for all students.