De Pere High School has changed its phone policy with the intent of less drama and more focused students in the classroom. Now, students are told to lock away their phones and other wireless communication devices during all instructional periods.
According to the 14 students interviewed, all teachers have followed through with the demands of the policy and have been collecting phones as soon as the bell rings — either by phone cubbies, boxes or locking them away in a mini safe.
However, two weeks into the new phone policy, students are already trying to weave their way around it by keeping their phone in their pocket and not willingly putting it up…