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Is the money spent on cell phone lockups worth it for schools? North Clackamas School District is trying to find out

Is the money spent on cell phone lockups worth it for schools? North Clackamas School District is trying to find out

At exactly 9:19 a.m. on a recent school day, Happy Valley Middle School principal Michelle Doyle stood at the main entrance, ready for the morning rush of about 1,000 students.

“Click it, lock it, put it in your pocket,” Doyle sang over and over as buses pulled up to the curb, spitting out waves of students who, starting this year, will have to pause to lock up the gray and green neoprene. pouches intended to hold their mobile phones.