No. I teach at the high school level in a suburb of Minneapolis. Staff asked for a formal response from administration about banning phones and were were told,

No. I teach at the high school level in a suburb of Minneapolis. Staff asked for a formal response from administration about banning phones and were were told, directly and unequivocally, that we cannot do so, and while they support teacher initiative to restrict phone use in class, if a teacher should take a phone off a student they are personally and financially responsible for the device. I’m supposed to assume thousands of dollars of personal liability each day on my 45k salary? Fat chance. As you expect, phone use is a constant problem. Parents are very often no more willing to restrict phone use when it’s brought to their attention. It’s kind of a shit show.