Atlanta — Most school mornings in the Wilson home in Atlanta, Georgia, start the same way for siblings Angus and Sam: they're woken up by an alarm, then a quick breakfast and a last-minute homework check.

One item they never forget is their phones. But once they get to campus at Lakeside High School, Angus and Sam's screens go dark.

That is because the DeKalb County School District has rolled out the Disconnect to Reconnect program, which bans phone use during the school day . Students are required to keep their phones in their backpacks.

"It creates a much better learning environment," Angus told CBS News.

Teachers at Lakeside High, the largest school in DeKalb County, say the distractions from phones made it harder to do their jobs.

"As a teacher, right, you fight for their att

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