Yondr, based in Mar Vista, makes a locking neoprene pouch that about 250 L.A. Unified schools are using to enforce the district’s new cellphone ban. Students at University Charter High School ...

The pouches, which are sealed with a magnet, are the most popular choice among schools to enforce the new policy. ... Today, Yondr pouches are used by about 2 million students in all 50 states.

Yondr got its start in entertainment, not education. Its first client, in 2014, was a small venue in Oakland, California. Dave Chappelle was an early adopter, requiring the pouches during his 2015 ...

Yondr got its start in entertainment, not education. Its first client, in 2014, was a small venue in Oakland, California.

A Yondr pouch is a small container or bag that you put your phone inside of and then close it but it can’t be reopened without using a special magnetic “key.” Schools use Yondr pouches to ...

Students attending Danville High School and North Ridge Middle School will not be able to access their phones at school starting this fall. Phones will be locked in a magnetic Yondr case until the end ...

New Bedford schools will go phone-free this fall, and are demonstrating to parents how their Yondr locking pouches work.

Friendswood ISD students will be prohibited from using cellphones with YONDR pouches, which are magnetic lockable phone pouches, at any time on campus. 24/7 Live Houston Southwest Southeast ...

Going into the 2025-26 school year, one major change across Tuscaloosa City Schools will be the use of Yondr pouches, magnetic containers that will keep students in grades 6-12 from using their ...

What are Yondr pouches Yondr is a company that sells pouches that, according to Yondr's website , can be locked, and then unlocked by a "magnetic unlocking base." Learning from other schools ...

Yondr pouches are made of fabric and are secured by a pin that can only be released with a magnet. In the morning, students are monitored to ensure they are putting their phones in the Yondr pouch.

Yondr makes a locking pouch that for years has been used at entertainment events to sequester cellphones and now is being deployed at hundreds of L.A. Unified schools.