As students in Southwest Ohio return to school, thousands won't have access to their cell phones for the first time. Several Greater Cincinnati districts put into practice new cell phone bans this August, months before a government-mandated ban goes into effect.

A week away from the start of another school year, Watertown High School and developers of Doorman are working together to implement first-of-its-kind technology across classrooms to reduce phone distractions.

Students who have gone back to class in Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana are going back to schools that have state-mandated bans on cell phones.