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New York School Children Spend $4 Million a Year on Phone Storage Services
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Students in New York City, USA are reportedly spending an average of US$4 million per year on mobile phone storage services after the City banned them taking mobile phones into schools.
The storage services are offered by local shops and offices, and in some cases, private homes who typically charge $1 per day to look after the phones. The school kids drop the phones off in the morning on the way to school, and collect them on the way home.
One former student at his local school used to offer the service for free as a courtesy to friends, the NY Post reported, but said that it got out of hand and now supplements his income with a paid-for storage service that caters to between 30-100 handsets per day.
The ban on pupils taking mobile phones into schools was introduced in September 2007.
In 2006, Mayor Bloomberg introduced metal detectors at some schools to help cut down on crime, and one of the items usually impounded were mobile phones. The City Council later voted to formally ban the mobile phones within schools with the aim of forcing the Department of Education to come up with a more sensible policy.
On the web: NY Post
Tags: [new york city] [USA]
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