PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Students filled with nerves and excitement entering their classrooms for the first day of school Thursday morning and the first day of school also comes with a new cell phone policy.

The new cell phone policy includes fewer infractions allowed before the school takes action.

Student Nely Espinal is excited to start as a senior and says she will do her best. She says the new policy makes no difference for her.

“For me, it's normal because I don’t use my phone in class," Espinal said. "But it’s a good thing for me, I think."

If a student is caught with their phone in class, they will lose their phone for the remainder of the period and parents will be notified. If it happens again, the phone will be confiscated to the main office until the end of the day.

Some parents say they are happy about the new policy.

“I think it's OK," parent Cindy Shaw said. "The school is trying really hard to concentrate on education for the students."

“I hope they really stick to it and maybe it needs to be tightened a little but it’s a good start I think,” said grandparent Leslie Garvey.

"Having a cell phone policy in school, I think I’m all for it because that allows them to fully focus on why they went to school in the first place," said parent Khadeejah Hassan. 

If a student has a third violation, it will result in the office keeping the students’ phone for the day and a half day of Restorative In-School Education, or "Rise."

At the fourth violation, the parent will have to pick up the students’ phone and will be given a full day of "RISE."

If students refuse to hand over their phone to an administrator, it will result in consequences which can range up to an out of school suspension.