WAYNE, W.Va — As school systems around the state work to comply with a new law banning the use of cell phones in West Virginia classrooms, one county is heading into the academic year confident that it already has a plan that works.

Wayne County Schools implemented a policy almost a year ago that requires students to place their cell phones in designated areas when they enter a classroom. Wayne County Superintendent of Schools Todd Alexander said after prompting from teachers, his office went to work.

“Our faculty came to us and said that cell phones were disruptive in the classroom, and they wanted us to take county-wide action, so we drafted a policy and enacted it,” Alexander said Thursday on MetroNews Midday. “The board approved it in September.”

With that policy in place for the 20

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