This year at HHS a new policy regarding cell phone usage has been put into place. Every classroom has been equipped with a phone caddy for students to put their phones into. This is a new mandatory rule that the administration has put into place for this school year, and probably for the foreseeable future. 

How it works is this: students are allowed to have their phones during the four-minute passing periods and during the 46 minute lunch period.

However, during classes, students, upon entering the classroom, have to put their phone in the phone caddy by the door. They cannot get their phones again until the bell rings signaling the end of the class period, or at the teacher’s discretion.

Students have found that some teachers are more lenient than others, and some are very closely following the guidelines on the rule. The overall theory with this rule is that students (without the distraction of a cell phone) will be more attentive, productive, and will produce better work, which in turn will make for better grades for all.

On the flip side, not having our phones also limits the communication between friends we may not have classes with, which is hard in a world where texting and snapchatting is always possible. Lunchtime is an even more critical time in all of our days now, because that is the time where students truly get to be with all of their friends, and have free time and fun.

In conclusion, only time will tell whether this new policy will prove effective or ineffective, and whether the sought after results will happen.