>>AND GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. WELCOME TO NEWS FOUR AT FIVE I'M JOE HART. WELL THE WASHOE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD IS DISCUSSING ITS NEW CELL PHONE POLICY THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE. SOME POSSIBLE OPTIONS INCLUDE STORING STUDENTS PHONES IN LOCKABLE POUCHES AS THE CARSON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT RECENTLY DID. NEWS FOUR'S SOPHIE LINCOLN JOINS US NOW. SHE'S LIVE OUTSIDE THAT MEETING WITH MORE ON SOPHIE. THAT'S ONE OPTION. I GUESS THE DIRECTION THAT CARSON CITY TOOK. WHAT ELSE IS WASHOE CONSIDERING WITH THIS MEETING >>YEAH. JOE. SO THE LAST COUPLE POUCHES ARE ON THE TABLE HERE. THE BOARD IS ALSO CONSIDERING JUST BANNING CELL PHONES ACROSS THE BOARD, AS WELL AS HAVING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RESTRICTIONS FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SCHOOL. SO FOR EXAMPLE, RESTRICTING CELL PHONES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT THEN HAVING A MORE FLEXIBLE POLICY FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS DISCUSSION COMES IN RESPONSE TO A NEVADA REVISED STATUTE THAT REQUIRES EACH DISTRICT TO ADOPT A POLICY CONCERNING THE USE OF PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. THIS COMES AS SCHOOLS HAVE EXPERIENCED INCREASING ISSUES WITH STUDENTS USING CELL PHONES DURING CLASS WHICH HAS BEEN LINKED TO OTHER, MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS, INCLUDING CYBERBULLYING AND CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. ON THE OTHER SIDE, SOME PARENTS ARE CONCERNED THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO REACH THEIR STUDENT WHEN IT MATTERS. >>WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE INADVERTENTLY PULLING US AWAY FROM OUR GOAL, WHICH IS EDUCATING KIDS AND PREPARING THEM FOR THE RENO WORLD >>THE POLICY WILL BE DEVELOPED OVER THE NEXT YEAR, INCLUDING A 13 DAY REVIEW PROCESS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. NOW, THE BOARD ALSO DECIDED WHICH BILL DRAFT REQUEST IT WANTS TO JUST WANTS TO SEND TO THE NEVADA STATE LEGISLATURE FOR CONSIDERATION. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT COM