• More Arlington high schoolers will lock cellphones in pouches this fall

    More Arlington high schoolers will lock cellphones in pouches this fall
    Before Wakefield High School adopted stricter cellphone rules, Ashley Rickman told students to put their devices away dozens of times every class period.
    As a teacher, she was really strict about it, but it didn’t prevent students from trying to defy her rule anyway. But last year, as the Arlington school required students to lock their phones up in Yondr pouches for the full day, Rickman noticed significantly fewer disruptions.
    The contrast was on display a few days before summer break st

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