Watertown High School plans to disable students’ cellphones during class using software that the school will be piloting during the 2025-26 school year. At Monday’s meeting the School Committee heard from parents who called one of the books on the recommended summer reading list “anti-Semitic.” The Committee also got more information on the changes to the Sexual and Sex-based Discrimination policy.

Cellphone Pilot

WHS Principal Joel Giacobozzi told the School Committee on Aug. 18 that cellphone use during class has been a problem, and the Doorman app is an alternative to having students store their phones in lockers in the main office.

“I see phones on the table now, and we’re all able to respond to our phone, but as an adolescent right now, the students just are not able to do that,” G

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