Texas HB 1698 requires Carroll 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.
Carroll ISD — consistently ranked among Texas's top academic districts and home to one of the most celebrated athletics programs in the state — implemented HB 1698's phone ban across all campuses. Carroll's affluent, highly engaged parent community was vocal about the need for an alternative communication channel.
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.
Southlake is frequently cited as one of the wealthiest communities in America. These are families who will quickly find and pay for the right solution. StudentMsg at $8/month is a fraction of what families here spend on tutors, gear, and activities — and it solves a daily problem.
"In Southlake, we expect the best solutions. My daughter is at Carroll High and her schedule changes daily between AP classes, swim practice, and volunteering. I can't call the front office every time — they have 2,400 students. StudentMsg gave us back what we had in 30 seconds of setup."— Carroll ISD parent, Southlake
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 Carroll ISD already set up on their device.
Text your StudentMsg number from any phone. It arrives instantly as an email on your student's Carroll 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 Carroll 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 Carroll ISD campus.
FAQ
Nearby Districts
Every district near Southlake 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