2 Massachusetts high schools banned cellphones in class. Here's how their different approaches work.

Massachusetts lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would ban cellphone use in schools across the state. Several towns have already come up with their own ways to limit phone use in school.

Two of them are in Ipswich and Newburyport, where both have taken different approaches with similar results.

Ipswich High School cellphone ban

At Ipswich High School, students shut off their phones at the start of their day and place them in a caddy, where they stay locked away until dismissal.

"It's a true bell-to-bell policy. Not even at lunch, not at passing time, not at all," said Ipswich High School Principal Jonathan Mitchell.

The school put this policy in place one year ago to cut down on distractions in classrooms.

"Notifications, honestly, was a pretty big one. Because people's phon