At the Meet-the-Principals Night on Monday, August 5, 2024, Osbourn High School in Manassas introduced a new initiative to enhance the learning environment: the "Phone Home."
The "Phone Home" is a designated storage area for students' phones, which will be installed in every classroom. This initiative requires students to place their phones in the "Phone Home" at the start of each class and leave them there for the instructional period.
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