Ontario cellphone ban in effect as Ottawa students return to school [Video]

Ottawa schools are enforcing a new ban on cellphone use in classrooms this year and some students are already seeing the rules in full effect.

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The new policy going into effect this coming school year for all Ontario students will mean high schoolers will only be allowed to use their phones during breaks and must keep them out of sight in classrooms unless allowed by teachers for academic purposes.

The rules are even stricter for students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. Their cellphones have to be put away for the entire school day.

Korbin Trudel-Shore, a high school student in Ottawa, says his phone was already confiscated in just his first week of class.

“There was about 40 minutes left of class, and they’re doing absolutely nothing,” he said. “So, I decided to go on my phone and …