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Darthmouth High School Introducing "Cell Hotels"

According to CBS 12 in Providence, when Dartmouth High School students and teachers return to class this upcoming school year their cell phones will have to stay out. Cell phones have been known to be a major distraction so the school has decided to create a “cell hotel,” a holding rack for students' phones. Students will be assigned a numbered pocket where they will put their phones when they head to class. When class is over, they will be able to get their phones back. The school district says it’s a way students can learn free of digital distractions. Teachers will also put their phones in the cell hotel as well. The district says it’s a flexible policy they are rolling out. Dartmouth, however, isn’t the first district to do this as Springfield, has enacted cell hotels at all of its high schools after seeing success with it at neighboring Chicopee this past year.

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