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![In the fourth period AP Calculus BC class at Palo Alto High School, senior Crystal Li places her phone in the “phone jail.” Starting July 2026, this may become a normal procedure across schools in California thanks to Governor Gavin Newsom signing the Phone-Free School Act into law last week. According to Li, there are often unnecessary complications that come with enforcing phone restrictions. "It becomes a hassle putting it [a phone] in [the phone jail] before class, and taking it out after class," Li said. "There have been multiple times where kids from other periods interrupt the teacher to come back in and pick up a phone they left."](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_7386-3-1200x900.jpg)
![The Palo Alto High School dance team strikes a pose from a character dance routine in the small gym to prepare for the upcoming national competition. According to captain Iris Hart, this waitress-themed dance, based off the Broadway production “Waitress,” has been scoring better and better at each competition. “We’re doing it [the routine] in the gym so we can get our spacing right,” captain Abby Cummings said. Photo: Dylan Zou](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/danceStory-900x584.jpeg)
