5 years later, NYC schools still struggle with de Blasio’s cell phone policy
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Principal Gail Lambert had a problem: Cell phone use was out of control.
Not long after taking the helm three years ago of the Brooklyn Academy of Science and the Environment, known as BASE, she was fielding a mountain of complaints about mobile devices. Students were constantly on their phones in the hallways, using them to look up test questions, and shooting videos of school fights.