Cell phone roulette: Students face a jumble of restrictions in state’s schools

Jamée Maiden, a 13-year-old eighth grader at William W. Hall Academy in Prince George’s County, said she was allowed to use her cell phone at certain times during the school day last school year. Not this school year. “I feel like they help in class for certain things like research. If some people don’t have computers, it is easier to access,” she said.