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East Lothian is launching a bold “mobile free learning” initiative in October, banning phones from classrooms to boost focus—secondary students will store devices in pouches, while younger kids (P1-P3) won’t bring phones to school at all, and older primaries will use lock boxes. After hearing concerns about safety and family contact, the council struck a balance by keeping phones accessible outside class hours. Backed by a unanimous vote and pilot success at Dunbar Grammar, the plan costs just under $5,000 for pouches and $8,000 for lock boxes—and it’s all part of a bigger push to reduce distractions while leveraging school-provided laptops for real learning.

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