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Granger High's no-phone policy shows positive results, reducing fights and failures.

Former Principal Howe reports increased socialization and fewer classroom disruptions.

The policy will continue under new leadership, despite the cost of magnetic pouches.

WEST VALLEY CITY — Utah's largest high school piloted a program in which it stopped taking away students' cell phones and instead had students put them in a pouch for the day. The biggest question after one year of doing this: Is it helping?

Tyler Howe, former principal at Granger High School, said he's thrilled about the outcomes he's seen.

"I have never had a school year where I saw so few phones out in the classroom," Howe said.

Students still found ways to work around the pouch,

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