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Big change: Students must lock up cell phones during school day
GETTING THEM GOING FROM DAY ONE – Swinomish Tribal Senate Chair Steve Edwards, center, greeted La Conner students on their first day of school Sept. 4. So did Superintendent Dave Cram, far right.
The first day of school in La Conner was in the bag.
La Conner Middle and High School students received something new during this year's back-to-school routine. Staff distributed magnetized Yondr bags into which students place and lock their cell phones during the school day. They can unlock the pouches to access phones when school lets out.
Yondr marks the start of a project designed to increase academic engagement and eliminate distractions in classrooms.
By establishing a cell-phone-free zone, La Conner is at the forefront of a national movement.
"This program is being used in schools all o...
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