The Woodland Hills High School cafeteria is a bustling spot. Students are often laughing and talking with each other. The sounds of ping pong balls bouncing off tables and the swoosh of foosball handles fill the air. And at times students sing their favorite songs during karaoke.

It’s a drastically different picture from years past when high schoolers hunched over their cellphones, scrolling TikTok or texting friends.

“I’m in the hallways every day here and there, and kids are talking to each other,” Superintendent Joe Maluchnik said. “They’re not hanging out on their cellphones. When I go down into the cafeteria, kids are talking. They’re not just sitting there on their cellphones or their iPads or their computers.”

Last school year, Woodland Hills extended its cellphone policy to the

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