How one Atlanta high school is responding to the personal device ban

Cheryl Nahmias, wearing a green shirt, stands next to a student unlocking a device pouch.
Midtown High School Student Support Program Specialist Cheryl Nahmias watches a student unlock their device pouch at the end of the school day. (Juma Sei/WABE)

Analyse Schloss vaguely remembers when the adults at Midtown High School introduced the personal device ban. 

It came up last year, when Schloss was a sophomore. 

“They said something about it, but nobody was taking them serious,” Schloss recollects. “I don’t feel like we understood how big it would actually be.”