The DeKalb County Board of Education approved the purchase of cellphone lockers for middle schools.
The purchase will include both the wall-mountable lockers and their installations, for a total of roughly $1.6 million.
“The presence and misuse of personal mobile devices during school hours hinder academic engagement, increase safety risks, and present challenges to consistent enforcement of school policy,” district documents say. “Wall-mountable cell phone lockers provide an equitable, scalable, and secure storage solution that minimizes these concerns, promotes student focus, and supports safer, more productive school climates.”
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According to the board summary, the wall-mounted cellphone lockers are part of the “Disconnect to Reconnect” initiative and the funding is meant to address issues of academic disruption, social-emotional risks and inconsistent enforcement of the district’s current cellphone policies…