Deep Run High School students from the Class of 2024 celebrate at their graduation ceremony at the Henrico Sports and Events Center in May 2024, the first month Henrico County Public Schools' high school graduations were held at the venue. (Courtesy Henrico Schools)
Henrico Schools welcomed students back Monday to a “phone-free” school year with a new expectation: all teachers must collect students’ cell phones at the beginning of each class and place them in division-provided storage containers until class ends.
This school year will be the first year HCPS will enforce a
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Starting this school year, HCPS will implement a bell-to-bell cellphone ban for all students, meaning students must store their phones in