A phone-free zone – How it works
Posted 12/31/24
Here’s how the phone-free system works at Mt. Hope High School, which implemented its new policy in November. Each photo above shows a step in the process.
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A phone-free zone – How it works
1. Mt. Hope High School is equipped with a Yondr (overyondr.com) system, with the building programmed to be “phone-free.” Once locked, Yondr phone pouches are sealed until they are unlocked by the Yondr system (see step 4).
Photos by Richard W. Dionne Jr.
2. Students turn off their cell phones, place them into their Yondr pouches and seal them upon entering the school.
3. Though they cannot use them, students keep their phones with them throughout the day.
4. To open the pouches, students must pass by a Yondr unlocking base — there are four installed throughout the school building — and the magnetic seals on the pouches release, thus freeing the phones for use once again, typically at the end of the school day. Here, Mt. Hope Principal Michelle King sets the mechanism that allows the phones to unlock as students pass by it.
5. If any student forgets to bring their Yondr pouch to school, Mt. Hope provides a “valet parking” station, where phones are stored for the school day.
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Here’s how the phone-free system works at Mt. Hope High School, which implemented its new policy in November. Each photo above shows a step in the process.
