Schools tackle a post-pandemic problem: How to separate students from their cellphones

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When 16-year-old Dai’Juan Colton found out that he and his fellow Penn Hills High School students weren’t going to have access to their cellphones during the day this school year, he immediately began texting friends in other districts.

“I was like, ‘Y’all getting this in Chartiers?’ and it was like, ‘No.’”

His friends in East Allegheny said they weren’t getting a new policy either. “I’m not going to lie,” he said. “I was upset.”

Read more on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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