SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. ( WBRC ) - Students are back in the classroom without their cell phones this year. With the FOCUS Act signed into law , students are now prohibited from using them during the instructional day.

Spain Park High School junior Sai Vajaha is pushing back with a petition to end the ban and it’s gaining a lot of traction.

When his classmates within the Hoover City Schools district found out about the phone ban, they were shocked.

“I got a ton of messages saying there’s no way this is real,” said Vajaha. “First thing I did was screenshot it and put it on my Snapchat story so other people can see and actually read the email. Everyone was putting their own taglines and writing in the chat, ‘There’s no way this is happening. I can’t believe this is happening. What am I g

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