“Kids are just going to find another way to defy authority and do what they want.”

One TikTok user described the decision as a “temporary fix.”

In recent weeks, the school has reported positive results since the changes were implemented.

A group of students looking at a phone

BuzzFeed reached out to Southern Alamance Middle School for comment.

We’ll update you if they respond.

A classroom full of computers

A school bathroom

Young girls in school bathroom with caption "Students were going to the bathroom for long periods of time and making TikTok videos"

Kids on phones

Teenage girls applying makeup in a bathroom

Students on phones

"This is only a temporary fix; it's not going to solve anything; kids are just going to find different ways to defy authority and do what they want"

"They want to control so much in schools now; it's so weird"

Alamance County school spokesperson with caption "When there's accountability, you see a great difference"