Colorado’s Attorney General wants fewer phones in class and his office is willing to pay for it

A dozen educators and politicians sit at tables arranged in a circle in a high school library. At the front Attorney General Phil Weiser, wearing a navy blazer and a bright blue t-shirt that says "more social, less media" sits next to Mesa County Valley School District 51 Superintendent Brian Hill, who is wearing a charcoal blazer over a matching "more social, less media" t-shirt.
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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, left, sits next to Mesa County Valley School District 51 Superintendent Brian Hill during a roundtable discussion on cell phone use Friday, Sept. 20, at Grand Junction High School.

A small wooden box with a lock featuring an aluminum door that has been etched to read "phone home" and features a sticker of the character E.T. from the popular 1982 movie directed by Steven Spielberg.
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