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We have a "No Cellphone Policy" during school for our middle school. We are planning to do the same with upper school next year. Do any other schools do the same and how is it going? Does anyone use something like the YONDR pouch and if so have you had success and is it worth the investment?

For reference, here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about locking up student phones during the school day. 

I would love to hear what other schools are doing regarding a No Cellphone Policy. Thanks for any insight.

Unfortunately, I don't have any answers for you on this, but I am looking into it too. I don't want to go this route but I'm seeing all of the issues. I'm interested in reading a new book that was released this week that addresses some of this called, The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt. He's making the rounds discussing this book.

Our leadership team is discussing this issue too. My fear is that it's going to be the same as any other policy that's hard to enforce when everyone doesn't enforce it the same way (e.g. dress code).

We have a "No Cellphone Policy" during school for our middle school. We are planning to do the same with upper school next year. Do any other schools do the same and how is it going? Does anyone use something like the YONDR pouch and if so have you had success and is it worth the investment?

For reference, here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about locking up student phones during the school day. 

I would love to hear what other schools are doing regarding a No Cellphone Policy. Thanks for any insight.

Unfortunately, I don't have any answers for you on this, but I am looking into it too. I don't want to go this route but I'm seeing all of the issues. I'm interested in reading a new book that was released this week that addresses some of this called, The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt. He's making the rounds discussing this book.

Our leadership team is discussing this issue too. My fear is that it's going to be the same as any other policy that's hard to enforce when everyone doesn't enforce it the same way (e.g. dress code).

We have a "No Cellphone Policy" during school for our middle school. We are planning to do the same with upper school next year. Do any other schools do the same and how is it going? Does anyone use something like the YONDR pouch and if so have you had success and is it worth the investment?

For reference, here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about locking up student phones during the school day. 

I would love to hear what other schools are doing regarding a No Cellphone Policy. Thanks for any insight.

Jonathan Haidt was just interviewed on NPR - week of March 26th - if anyone is interested in hearing more about his book The Anxious Generation.

@Vinnie Vrotny - I would be very curious to hear more about the conversations that came from having Jonathan on campus.

Unfortunately, I don't have any answers for you on this, but I am looking into it too. I don't want to go this route but I'm seeing all of the issues. I'm interested in reading a new book that was released this week that addresses some of this called, The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt. He's making the rounds discussing this book.

Our leadership team is discussing this issue too. My fear is that it's going to be the same as any other policy that's hard to enforce when everyone doesn't enforce it the same way (e.g. dress code).

We have a "No Cellphone Policy" during school for our middle school. We are planning to do the same with upper school next year. Do any other schools do the same and how is it going? Does anyone use something like the YONDR pouch and if so have you had success and is it worth the investment?

For reference, here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about locking up student phones during the school day. 

I would love to hear what other schools are doing regarding a No Cellphone Policy. Thanks for any insight.

Jonathan Haidt was just interviewed on NPR - week of March 26th - if anyone is interested in hearing more about his book The Anxious Generation.

@Vinnie Vrotny - I would be very curious to hear more about the conversations that came from having Jonathan on campus.

Unfortunately, I don't have any answers for you on this, but I am looking into it too. I don't want to go this route but I'm seeing all of the issues. I'm interested in reading a new book that was released this week that addresses some of this called, The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt. He's making the rounds discussing this book.

Our leadership team is discussing this issue too. My fear is that it's going to be the same as any other policy that's hard to enforce when everyone doesn't enforce it the same way (e.g. dress code).

We have a "No Cellphone Policy" during school for our middle school. We are planning to do the same with upper school next year. Do any other schools do the same and how is it going? Does anyone use something like the YONDR pouch and if so have you had success and is it worth the investment?

For reference, here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about locking up student phones during the school day. 

I would love to hear what other schools are doing regarding a No Cellphone Policy. Thanks for any insight.

We have a "No Cellphone Policy" during school for our middle school. We are planning to do the same with upper school next year. Do any other schools do the same and how is it going? Does anyone use something like the YONDR pouch and if so have you had success and is it worth the investment?

For reference, here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about locking up student phones during the school day. 

I would love to hear what other schools are doing regarding a No Cellphone Policy. Thanks for any insight.

We have a "No Cellphone Policy" during school for our middle school. We are planning to do the same with upper school next year. Do any other schools do the same and how is it going? Does anyone use something like the YONDR pouch and if so have you had success and is it worth the investment?

For reference, here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about locking up student phones during the school day. 

I would love to hear what other schools are doing regarding a No Cellphone Policy. Thanks for any insight.

We have a "No Cellphone Policy" during school for our middle school. We are planning to do the same with upper school next year. Do any other schools do the same and how is it going? Does anyone use something like the YONDR pouch and if so have you had success and is it worth the investment?

For reference, here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about locking up student phones during the school day. 

I would love to hear what other schools are doing regarding a No Cellphone Policy. Thanks for any insight.

We have a "No Cellphone Policy" during school for our middle school. We are planning to do the same with upper school next year. Do any other schools do the same and how is it going? Does anyone use something like the YONDR pouch and if so have you had success and is it worth the investment?

For reference, here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about locking up student phones during the school day. 

I would love to hear what other schools are doing regarding a No Cellphone Policy. Thanks for any insight.

We have a "No Cellphone Policy" during school for our middle school. We are planning to do the same with upper school next year. Do any other schools do the same and how is it going? Does anyone use something like the YONDR pouch and if so have you had success and is it worth the investment?

For reference, here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about locking up student phones during the school day. 

I would love to hear what other schools are doing regarding a No Cellphone Policy. Thanks for any insight.

Darren, 

Our Middle School has a similar policy, we bought cases on Amazon that hold them by grade.  Here is the Amazon link - https://a.co/d/6UdENxd

Sue

We have a "No Cellphone Policy" during school for our middle school. We are planning to do the same with upper school next year. Do any other schools do the same and how is it going? Does anyone use something like the YONDR pouch and if so have you had success and is it worth the investment?

For reference, here is an article from the Wall Street Journal about locking up student phones during the school day. 

I would love to hear what other schools are doing regarding a No Cellphone Policy. Thanks for any insight.