A magnetic pouch is key to enforcing school cellphone bans. Kids are getting around it
LA TimesThe bell dinged and the University Charter High School students gathered their things and headed for the door. “As of today, I don’t know anybody who has put their phones into a pouch,” said Thacker, 17, who is allowed to use her device on campus because she manages her school’s Instagram account. “We know that anything we design — and we’re constantly making improvements — they’re gonna keep finding different ways around it.” From biker bar to school bonanza Dugoni said that the “crystallizing moment” that led him to found Yondr occurred at a music festival in 2012. Dugoni said his company hears directly from students: Many thank Yondr for restoring some normalcy to their school days, so that they’re “actually able to make friends,” he said. Senior Uleses Henderson, another student on the leadership council, said that underclassmen may feel that the Yondr program is “random,” but juniors and seniors grasp that “there has to be some type of enforcement with the phone.” Student exit classrooms at Lennox Middle School, where Yondr pouches have been used since 2022.
History of this topic
No major hitches on Day 1 without cellphones in L.A. Unified schools
LA TimesDiscover Related