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CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Smartphones have become about as common as a notebook and paper to most high school students.
But one West Michigan school district is telling students to keep their cellphones in their lockers next school year.
The policy is set to go into effect in the Forest Hills Public School District at the beginning of the school year next fall.
“What we’re asking is that students essentially park their cellphones in their lockers during the day,” said Christine Annese, the district’s assistant superintendent.
As the parent of two Forest Hills high schoolers, Ally Stein is skeptical of how the policy will be enforced.
“They’ll put it in their pocket or… they’ll find some way,” Stein said.
But as a therapist specializing in addiction counseling, she’s all for the policy.
“I’m telling you, it’s like an addiction. I do addiction work and they need that break,” Stein said. “And it’s going to be hard for a lot of them.”
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