{"id":430667,"date":"2026-08-12T11:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/430667\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T11:16:25","slug":"oakland-unified-students-return-to-school-under-new-cellphone-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/430667\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Unified students return to school under new cellphone policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students in the Oakland Unified School District returned to class Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/2026\/07\/23\/ousd-goes-cellphone-free-students-will-be-banned-from-using-their-devices-on-campus\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/2026\/07\/23\/ousd-goes-cellphone-free-students-will-be-banned-from-using-their-devices-on-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">under a stricter cellphone policy<\/a> that bars students from using phones during class, between classes and lunch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students can leave their phones in a single lockbox in the classroom or place them in a secure, lockable bag they carry throughout the school day. The bags are unlocked at dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading for FREE<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This is NOT a paywall. We just want to make sure you\u2019re a human. Sign in to read this story and receive the weekly roundup in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to manage your account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Students in the Oakland Unified School District returned to class Monday under a stricter cellphone policy that bars&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[164226,332,15,171207,143,145,144,3272,77548,4568],"class_list":["post-430667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-cellphones","tag-east-bay","tag-education","tag-k-12-students","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-oakland-unified-school-district","tag-school-policy","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}