Did the cellphone ban in high schools work?
Imperfect Paradise
LAist Studios
4.5 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
On February 18th, 2025, the LA Unified School District, the second largest public school district in the country, implemented an all-day cell phone ban for its students. Now that it’s the end of the school year, we head to Venice High School to see how the ban actually went.
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| 0:34.1 | Hey, this is in Perfect Paradise. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm Antonia Selejido. |
| 0:37.2 | Welcome. Good. Hey, this is In Perfect Paradise. I'm Antonia Serejido. |
| 0:43.3 | Good morning gondos. |
| 0:49.0 | Yes, it is the second day of the cell phone policy. |
| 0:52.2 | And once again, we got this. |
| 0:55.1 | And today we're talking about cell phone vans in school. |
| 0:58.3 | So right now, you are at your home rooms. |
| 1:00.4 | You are powering down your phones. |
| 1:03.3 | You are placing them in the assigned slot. |
| 1:10.6 | I like to remind you if your cell phone is seen any time during the day, it is subject to be confiscated. |
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| 1:22.1 | So, as you heard, that was the principal of Venice High School announcing the cell phone ban over their PA system back in February. |
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