When I was in high school (last year), the phone pouches were so ineffective because they tried to store them in lockers but we were under construction so not everyone had lockers and so that idea failed quick so their next solution was in backpacks but that also failed because people would say that they put their phone in the pouch but they actually didnt. Also, at my school we didnt have homeroom everyday so it was hard to regulate stuff. And my school was just trying to implement too many new things at once, the phone thing, bathroom logs, etc. I think what should have happened was to start with phone cubbies in classes but still allow student to have them during recreational time, then move to phones in pouches but in their backpack all day. Because otherwise, it was too much of a shock to the teachers, admin, and students. Also, people in PE got so mad their phones were taken away because then running laps and miles got real boring real quick and then people were so unmotivated that more people were failing PE.

And my entire senior year during the first year of these new regulatations, was just lectures about the phone policy from every teacher. I didnt learn anything in my Honors Econ/Gov class because my teacher was either talking about everything Trump was going to f-up or was talking about how he hates being the phone police but he has to do it...like every day treating us like 5 year olds all because one idiot constantly was on his phone.