Something you won’t see in Maple Grove Middle School is kids looking down at their phones.
“Starting last year, we went to complete no cellphone use at all for any reason from 8:10 a.m. to 2:40 p.m., which is our school day,” said Principal Patrick Smith.
Smith says the phone ban has made kids more engaged in class and with each other. “There was no cross-the-table conversations, there was no interaction in the hallways. And let’s be real, with these devices, our students 鈥 especially our teenagers 鈥 there’s a lot of drama that comes from social media, and a lot of conflict that comes from it,” he said.
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