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Most schools in Pa. have passed on ‘somewhat controversial’ cell phone pouch program

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Pennsylvania offered schools money to buy pouches that lock phones away for the whole school day.

Many school leaders are reluctant to fully ban phones, saying it’s unrealistic to expect them to enforce the use of lockable bags.

Pennsylvania has responded not by banning phones, but offering schools grant money to do so under a pilot program.

Students unlock their pouches at stations near school exits at the end of the day .

While there have been “some upset parents,” for the most part, the new policy was well received, Taormina said.

He acknowledged that his district’s schools are smaller than many others.

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