“In white paint, I am going to write, ‘4 years later’!” said Senior Brianna Griswold as she is getting ready for the new school year by painting her assigned parking spot outside of Idaho Fine Arts Academy.
She tells me, she and a majority of students feel the ‘no cell phones’ policy won’t change much because she says many teachers already do that for their individual classrooms.
“Everyone knows the jail cells they put in the front of the classrooms, with the pockets for your phones, and we know that that is going to be the most dreaded part initially,” said Griswold.
Not only is Brianna studying film, she’s also on her school’s student council. Their council recently met to brainstorm some ways to make the no cell phone policy less daunting for fellow classmates, like customizing phone pocket slips.
“Once you’re talking about the alternatives to make it more fun, more enjoyable, less of a ‘dreaded experience,’ it just didn’t seem like that big of a deal anymore. It’s really just like ‘Oh I don’t need my phone for an hour and a half of class. I can look at it during break, you know?” said Griswold.