chanel
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Many of these kids can't afford lunch, but they can pay a dollar a day to store their cell phones.
This is one reason why the poor get poorer.
The citys ban on cellphones in schools is taking an amazing $4.2 million a year out of kids pockets, a Post analysis has found.
The students who attend the nearly 90 high schools and middle schools with permanent metal detectors pay $1 a day to store their phones either in stores or in trucks that park around the buildings.
The cottage industry has become so profitable, it rakes in $22,800 a day from some of the citys poorest youngsters, whose families would rather shell out the money than risk their childrens safety.
Read more: EXCLUSIVE: Businesses make $4.2M off students by storing their cellphones during school hours - NYPOST.com
This is one reason why the poor get poorer.