Tens of thousands of local students will be required to lock their phones in pouches at the start of the school day beginning this fall.

Salem-Keizer School District leaders are expanding the use of Yondr pouches to nearly all district high schools and about half of middle schools this year. The pouches are intended to keep phones inaccessible while at school.

Students keep a pouch with them which is locked via a magnetic base when they enter school. It can be unlocked when they leave for the day.

Schools using Yondr pouches for 2025-26

Middle schools : Claggett Creek, Houck, Straub, Stephens, Walker, Whiteaker

High schools : CTEC, McKay, McNary, North, South, Sprague, West

The seven schools that began using the pouches last year will continue, while six more will roll them out in

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