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Katie Buffum, principal at Woodland Park Middle School, went viral for a joke about cell phone-free schools

The viral TikTok has given Buffum a chance to speak on the subject as an administrator at a school where the policy was implemented last year

Buffum tells PEOPLE about the benefits her school has seen and how they got students on board with the idea

A middle school principal's take on cell phone bans led to her going viral on TikTok.

Katie Buffum's joke about a hot topic in education — eliminating cell phone use during the school day — led to a recent TikTok spreading wide as parents, educators and students weigh in on bans that many schools nationwide are facing for the first time this year.

Buffum, principal of Woodland Park Middle School in Southern California,

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