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for junior high and high schools by purchasing special pouches and requiring students to lock up their phones during the school day.
The district says school principals studied ideas over the summer and came up with a plan to purchase magnet-locked cellphone bags from a company called Yondr. The company also works with concert and comedy venues to create cell-phone free environments. The pouches have been used in schools since 2014.
This is something some districts around the country and have actually been doing for years but it has sparked some debate over safety concerns.
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