Students returning back to school in New York this year will be without phones under a new statewide ban.
The ban requires students from kindergarten through 12th grade to disconnect from electronics while on school grounds. Students will still be able to use school-issued devices such as laptops and Chromebooks.
Yonkers is the third largest school district in the state with 24,000 students, and like many schools, they are rolling out the statewide bell-to-bell cellphone ban…