Vashon High School students will return to school this fall under a stricter cellphone policy, after the Vashon Island School Board voted unanimously Thursday, June 25, to restrict student access to personal devices from the first bell to dismissal. The move brings the high school closer to the “away for the day” model already in place at McMurray Middle School, where students have been required since September 2024 to turn in phones at the start of the day and retrieve them after the final bell.