The advisory was released amid a growing debate over cellphone usage and its impact on youth.
"We can't just take things away from people who are addicted. We're going to find ourselves in a rebellious state."
According to district-wide feedback, 81% of families and 85% of educators said that instructional time is lost because of cell phone use.
Reactions were mixed about how best to move forward with a new policy that could limit cell-phone use in classrooms.
There have been states that banned phones in schools. Only time will tell whether Wake County takes up any similar policies.
The school board currently doesn't have a district-wide policy on cellphones.
