Texas HB 1698 requires Arlington ISD students to keep phones off and stored all day. StudentMsg routes your text to their school email — and their reply comes straight back to your phone. No app. No phone at school. Just the connection you need.
Arlington ISD aligned with HB 1698 immediately, requiring students to keep phones stored and powered off during the school day. The district serves the entire city of Arlington, home to a diverse mix of families and one of the most sports-active student bodies in North Texas.
Community Impact
The Texas phone ban isn't just a classroom rule — it removed the fastest communication channel between parents and students across Tarrant County.
Arlington's 57,000 students come from some of Tarrant County's most diverse zip codes. Many parents work at DFW airport, the nearby AT&T Stadium corridor, or in shift-work industries where a missed text means a missed pickup.
"My son plays football at an Arlington ISD high school. Practice schedules change constantly — weather, field availability, coach decisions. I used to get a quick text. Now I have to call three different coaches to figure out what time to pick him up."— Arlington ISD parent, North Arlington
How It Works
StudentMsg works in both directions — you can reach your student any time, and your student can reach you any time. It all runs through the school email account Arlington ISD already set up on their device.
Text your StudentMsg number from any phone. It arrives instantly as an email on your student's Arlington ISD-issued device. No phone required at school.
Your student can also start the conversation — they email their StudentMsg address from their school device any time. That email arrives on your phone as a text within seconds.
Reply to their text and they get another email. They reply and you get another text. Back and forth, private, instant — and the school office never needs to be involved.
Works Both Ways
Whether you need to tell your Arlington ISD student about a pickup change — or they need to tell you something they'd never say through the nurse's office — StudentMsg handles both directions privately and instantly.
Your student's school inbox is already flooded — district announcements, teacher emails, class notifications, Canvas alerts. If you email them directly, your message competes with all of that. When they need you right now — sick in class, ride fell through, something they'd never tell the office — they need their message to land as a text on your phone, not an email buried in your work inbox. StudentMsg converts their school email reply into an instant text alert. The email is just the delivery channel. What lands on your phone is a text.
Pricing
No contracts. Cancel anytime. Both plans work on every Arlington ISD campus.
FAQ
Nearby Districts
Every district near Arlington follows the same Texas phone ban. StudentMsg works for all of them.
Set up StudentMsg in under 5 minutes. Your student checks their school email — that's it.
Start for $8/month — No Contract