Friendswood ISD officials said the district’s new cellphone policy has had a good turnout so far for the 2025-26 school year.
FISD’s current cellphone policy, which the board of trustees approved in May, states “devices must either be left at home or secured using the designated school-issued locking system for the duration of the school day.”
The district is using YONDR pouches, which are magnetic lockable phone pouches, for the first time this school year.
The gist: Ryan Kopp, FISD’s assistant superintendent of secondary teaching and learning, said Friendswood High School and Friendswood Junior High School are seeing the following positive changes:
- Improved teaching and learning
- Stronger student engagement
- Positive social interactions
- Better school culture
- Equity and support
Quote of note: “It's been a total game changer,” FJH Principal Delaney Lyon said. “Morale has lifted with teachers not feeling like we're having to constantly police it and … fight for attention from the kids. It's become an accepted part of our culture.”
