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Most schools in Pa. have passed on ‘somewhat controversial’ cell phone pouch program

Pennsylvania offered schools money to buy pouches that lock phones away, but only 18 public school entities requested funding for the pouches.

A Mastbaum High School student holds a lockable Yondr cell-phone pouch at Mastbaum High School in Philadelphia in December 2022.
A Mastbaum High School student holds a lockable Yondr cell-phone pouch at Mastbaum High School in Philadelphia in December 2022.Read moreJessica Griffin / Staff Photographer