Central Unified board hears plan for districtwide phone‑free days using Yonder pouches and lockboxes

May 27, 2026

District staff proposed a phone‑free policy that would use Yonder pouches for secondary students and signal‑blocking lockboxes for elementary sites; administrators outlined costs, implementation steps, loaner procedures and training while trustees asked for staged rollout metrics and safeguards against workarounds.

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Central Unified administrators presented a proposal to adopt a districtwide phone‑free policy that would require students to store mobile devices in assigned Yonder pouches (secondary schools) or in signal‑blocking lockboxes (elementary schools) during the instructional day.

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