Anchorage School District bans cellphone use in class for all students

Anchorage School District students can no longer use cellphones during class, under a new district policy.

The new policy requires that students’ cellphones be put away, and either turned off or set to airplane mode.

In a video the district posted on social media Tuesday, South Anchorage High School principal Luke Almon said that cellphones were a great learning tool in the past, but students now have school-issued laptops. He said cellphones can be a distraction for students…

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