This School Bans all Cellphone Use and Parents Love it. Here's How they do it.
Indianapolis Star, Published 5:18 a.m. ET Aug. 15, 2024
As Indiana schools start this school year under a new law that bans cellphones from classrooms, two Indianapolis area high schools have been doing that since they were created.
At Herron-Riverside High School you won’t see students using cellphones or headphones in the hallways, during lunch or class, and students are expected to keep them stored away during the school day.
While most high schools across Central Indiana have exceptions written into their policy – like allowing phones to be used during passing periods or during lunch time – Herron-Riverside, along with its sister school Herron High School, has had a zero-phone policy in place since the two charter schools were founded, Herron in 2006 and Herron-Riverside in 2017.
Herron-Riverside’s head of school, Emanuel Harper, said that they’ve been successful with their no-phone policy this far because the families who chose to go there are all aware of what they’re signing up for and are supportive of the school’s mission.
“It's part of the intentionality of recognizing that cellphone use during the school day can create a distraction, not only in terms of students receiving instruction and engaging in content but also getting too wrapped into social media,” Harper told IndyStar.
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