Middletown High School is partnering with a company to build a distraction-free environment for its students.
Starting Feb. 28, all Middletown High School students will have to put their phones in specialized pouches upon arriving on campus and can not access them until the end of the school day.
The change is being made to help students overcome phone addiction, focus on their academics, and build face-to-face relationships, according to Middletown School District Superintendent Amy Creeden.
“We saw scholars dealing with anxiety, stress, conditions of depression, withdrawal from social situations, and staying very insulated,” Creeden told The Epoch Times on Feb. 7. “We want to help them by putting in place an opportunity for them to engage in academics, utilize the resources we have in our building, enjoy their peers and classmates, and engage in a different way.”…