Students, Lock Up
Those Cell Phones

Beginning next school year

At its June 26 meeting, the Akron School Board voted to lock up cell phones for all secondary students in the District during the school day begining with the 2023-24 school year.   This will include all East middle and high schoolers.

The District has entered into a three-year lease agreement with Yonder, Inc. for locking storage bags where phones will be placed at the beginning of the school day and unlocked at the end of the day.

The cost of the leasing agreement will be $180,636 the first year and $141,021 for each of the following two school years.

The photo below shows an Ellet freshman unlocking his phone bag at the end of the school day during a pilot program this past March.

(Photo by Phil Masturzo courtesy of the Akron Beacon Journal)