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Pa. is offering schools money for lockable cell phone pouches. Here’s why some Philly-area schools aren’t taking it.

“In my professional opinion, I think that’s a ridiculous idea,” Jim Crisfield, the superintendent of the Wissahickon School District, said.

David Lon, principal at Mastbaum High School in Philadelphia, greets students and checks their phones in with Yondr, a lockable pouch system, in this December 2022 file photo.
David Lon, principal at Mastbaum High School in Philadelphia, greets students and checks their phones in with Yondr, a lockable pouch system, in this December 2022 file photo.Read moreJessica Griffin / Staff Photographer