Texas HB 1698 requires Frisco 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.
Frisco ISD moved swiftly to implement HB 1698, rolling out phone-free classrooms across all 75+ campuses. Phones are secured in student bags or designated pouches for the entire school day. For Frisco's fast-growing, high-income communities, the shift was abrupt.
Community Impact
The Texas phone ban isn't just a classroom rule — it removed the fastest communication channel between parents and students across Collin County.
Frisco has been one of Texas's fastest-growing cities for a decade, with a parent population that is highly engaged and increasingly frustrated by the communication blackout the phone ban created. StudentMsg was designed for exactly this community.
"We moved to Frisco specifically for the schools. Amazing academics, amazing extracurriculars. But suddenly I couldn't text my kid between his AP classes and varsity practice to confirm pickup. StudentMsg was the fix I didn't know I needed."— Frisco ISD parent, The Colony/Frisco border
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 Frisco ISD already set up on their device.
Text your StudentMsg number from any phone. It arrives instantly as an email on your student's Frisco 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 Frisco 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 Frisco ISD campus.
FAQ
Nearby Districts
Every district near Frisco 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