Low-Cost Phone Storage
Phone Lockers​
1) A trade school in DC made this phone locker.
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2) Sharon, VT: Phone locker for a high school. Holds approximately 115 phones. Students leave the phone in the locker upon entering. The front desk admin oversees this. It is then locked for the day.
Folders in Bins​
1) South Division High School in Milwaukee, WI has 800 students. Phones are kept in hanging folders in bins for the duration of the school day. It is Wisconsin's "largest and multicultural high school" with one of the largest bilingual programs in the state.
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2) ​Dunbar High School in Dayton, OH has about 500 students. Phones are kept in padded manila envelopes.
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Pencil pouches in stackable crates
Photos of DC Hardy Middle School (600 students) where each student has a labelled pencil pouch that they put in stackable bins by class. They added a locker option as well but it seems most people use the pencil pouch in the bin method.
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More Expensive But Very Effective
Yondr Pouches
Harwood Union and Thetford Academy, VT: Students turn their phone off when they arrive to school and put it into a small pouch. They turn it off and lock it for the day as they arrive. They unlock it at the end of the day.
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Pro: many students like getting to keep it on them even if it's locked up
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Con: $30/student adds up
