This school year, Bryan High joined in on the trend of phone policies.

This policy states that phones, AirPods, headphones and any other personal electronics are to be out of sight.

“In my class, I noticed that kids are more engaged,” said freshman seminar teacher Galen Gullie. “Also, they talk to each other a little bit more.”

Gullie sees a big difference, not only in his classroom but school wide.

“I feel like with COVID … a lot of people shied away from the communication skills,” Gullie said.

An example of this is students putting their heads down, listening to music or just refusing to put their phones away.

“We didn’t get a lot of interactions from students,” Gullie said.

Gullie likes the no phone policy just as it is.

“It’s good right now,” Gullie said … It’s cool to … give them a brain break as far as they can have their phones in the hallway and lunchtime.”

Even though the no phone policy is going well, Gulllie’s initial reaction was to be a bit worried.

“I was a little bit nervous because I didn’t know if we were going to get any drawbacks,” Gullie said.