Ottawa students head back to school with new rules for cellphone use [Video]

Tuesday marked the unofficial end of summer and the first day of class for thousands of students in Ottawa.

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On top of the typical first day jitters, there is one topic of conversation flooding hallways of schools across the city – a new provincial crackdown on cellphone use in class.

Students in Kindergarten to Grade 6 must keep their phones on silent and out of sight all day, while students in grades 7 to 12 will have cellphones banned outright during class time.

It’s a move some Lisgar Collegiate Institute students say makes sense.

“You’re going to school, what’s the point of being on your phone if you’re here to learn?” said Patricia Sha, a Grade 10 student at Lisgar.

“The phone ban is whatever. I never really use my phone in class anyways, so it doesn’t affect me …