More and more districts across western Pennsylvania are going phone-free all day, according to a new survey just released by U.S. Representative Chris Deluzio (D) of Fox Chapel.
Congressman Deluzio got responses from 48 school districts in the area he represents for District 17 in Allegheny and Beaver counties.
He found that the majority, 64% of districts, have a smartphone policy but not a total ban. Six districts have no cell phone policy, and 11 districts, 23%, ban phones in all schools from the beginning to the end of the school day. They do that in different ways, including locking them in pouches or collecting the phones when kids enter school, like they do at Sto-Rox High School…