Parent and student explain impact of phone ban at Indiana schools
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A sixth-grader who already attends a school with an all-day phone ban said Wednesday she and her friends hardly ever think about it.
Merry Alice Hale said her teachers at St. Pius X School require all students to turn off their phones when they get to school, after which the teachers store them in a lockable box in class. She said she can take out her phone near dismissal.
“We don’t really talk about it much because this doesn’t come up and we all kind of agree,” she said…