Salem schools crack down on phone use, with Sprague the latest to issue ban

Salem-Keizer School District leaders are considering stricter measures to ban cellphones during class as some schools plan to step up enforcement of a no-phones policy during the upcoming school year.

Sprague High School is the latest to issue a schoolwide policy saying phones and earbuds won’t be allowed during class. Principal Chad Barkes made the announcement in a summer message to families.

District leaders in the summer of 2022 issued a policy banning phones…