New rules about cellphone use in the Haines School are on the way after the school board voted Tuesday to require students to stow their personal devices in designated areas in each classroom. 

The board tweaked its suggested policy this week after getting feedback from teachers and students about how it could impact them. That included removing language that would have required elementary school students who would turn their devices in to their homeroom teachers. 

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