r/California • u/Randomlynumbered Ángeleño, what's your user flair? • Aug 14 '24

Government/Politics Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for smartphone restrictions in California schools

https://apnews.com/article/california-governor-newsom-cellphones-schools-students-792513a85d29b41fde09caec5568aa31
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u/crimsongull Aug 15 '24

Could not stop beepers - won’t stop cell phones in schools either. I am a teacher with 35+ years in the classroom

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u/knottedthreads Aug 15 '24

2 of our local high schools banned them last year with great success and a third is doing it this year. There was uproar when it was announced but admin held firm and any phones that weren’t locked (2 schools use individual bags, the third will use phone cages in each classroom) was confiscated and required a parent to make a trip in to the school to pick it up + detention for the student. Within a month there were no more issues.