Updated
Updated · KWCH · Jun 29
Meade School District Adopts Locked Phone Bags for Grades 7-12 Under Kansas Ban
Updated
Updated · KWCH · Jun 29

Meade School District Adopts Locked Phone Bags for Grades 7-12 Under Kansas Ban

2 articles · Updated · KWCH · Jun 29

Summary

  • Meade School District USD 226 will require students in grades 7 through 12 to place phones in locked pouches during the upcoming school year.
  • The move is meant to comply with Kansas' new bell-to-bell cell phone ban, which the state passed in March.
  • Yondr will supply the magnetic bags, which students will carry all day while the devices remain unusable.
  • The pouches can be opened only at a magnetic unlocking station, making Meade one of the Kansas districts rolling out enforcement plans for the statewide ban.

Insights

If students can bypass expensive lockable pouches, what is the true long-term solution for classroom distraction?
Phone bans show mixed academic results and initial harm. Are schools simply trading one problem for another?