Crisis Communications & Reputation Management

Putting the Cell Phone Issue to "ASTOP"

Brad SattinAugust 26, 2026 · 2 min read

The school year is just getting started, and more and more districts are implementing policies that limit—or completely prohibit—student cell phone use during the school day.

That makes cell phones a perfect excuse to showcase a communications tool we developed called ASTOP.

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