Martin Co. Schools finds success in cellphone ban: ‘Less bullying… less Instagram’

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — As of May 2023, Florida law requires cell phones to be put away and off during class, but one school district is taking that even further, banning the use of phones in school altogether.

Martin County School District’s policy is you use it, you lose it and your parent has to come get it at the end of the day. “It’s not until they leave the campus that they can take their phones out,” Jensen Beach High School principal Lori Vogel said.

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