A group of Raleigh leaders, parents and medical professionals is pushing Wake County school officials to ban mobile devices in schools across the district.
Members of the group — including former Raleigh Councilwoman Nicole Stewart, a family doctor and others — requested the ban Tuesday at a meeting of the Wake County Board of Education. The group is worried about mental health and academic issues stemming from mobile device use.
“It’s time for us to collectively take this action to ban phones, just like we banned tobacco back in the 90s,” Stewart said.
