Picayune high school to allow cellphones

PICAYUNE, Miss. (AP) — Picayune Memorial High School will allow students to use their cellphones on campus beginning this fall.

School principal Kent Kirkland tells The Picayune Item (http://bit.ly/1VNfl3V ) the cellphones can be used before and after school, during breaks, in the hallways and during lunch. A previous policy banned cellphone use on campus.

"I think our kids are mature enough to handle it and if it doesn't work we can always change it back," Kirkland said.

Over the years, teachers at the high school have allowed students to use their cellphones in the classroom for educational reasons, which contradicted with the school's former policy, Kirkland said.