Hawaii DOE survey spurs push for statewide cell phone policy in schools

Hawaii DOE survey spurs push for statewide cell phone policy in schools

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Results from a new state Department of Education survey are raising fresh questions about cell phone use in schools. It also has the Board of Education now deciding what to do to balance concerns on both sides of the issue. Parents say DOE not doing enough to protect kids from bullies 85 percent of Hawaii's public schools now have written rules governing students' cell phone use during the school day. But the first stat…