The cafeteria is a little louder these days at Rockwood Summit High School in Fenton.

Students are talking with each other as they scarf down lunch, as opposed to turning their phones on their sides and popping in AirPods to watch the latest episode of "The Summer I Turned Pretty" or to scroll through TikTok.

Sean Torgoley, a science teacher who has taught at Rockwood Summit for at least a decade, said he was skeptical about the full-out ban at first.

“I am not even gonna lie, I was a little bit of a hater. I thought it was going to be unrealistic, but so far, it's been really good,” Torgoley said.

He’s noticed the students are paying more attention in class, but he’s most excited that a classroom feels and sounds like a classroom again.

“Whenever I give them a little bit of free ti

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