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karynnj

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10. "safety need". Given guns in Texas maybe all kids have a safety need.

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 11:21 AM

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This does not seem to be something the state should regulate. Schools or school districts should work to establish sensible policies. What is surprising is that this is not a new issue.

My kids are in their 30s. When two of them were in high school in 2001, the rule was that kids needed to keep their cell phones off and in their backpacks. This respected that they might need them before and after school. We were in an area of NJ where many parents worked in NYC. On 911, one of my daughter's teachers told the kids to get their phones out and to share them with any kids whose parents worked in NYC first. The class also walked to a quiet area in a neighboring arboretum.

It was after that that we gave our three kids cell phones asking that they follow school policy.

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Texas students' cell phones banned from schools under new law [View all] dalton99a Monday OP

But how will the kids, hiding under their desks from the school shooter, call their parents to say goodbye? Walleye Monday #1

Thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers EYESORE 9001 Monday #3

Too bad God doesn't have a 911 line Walleye Monday #6

That's PRAYER, you heathen! Gawd's own hotline! EYESORE 9001 Monday #8

"safety need". Given guns in Texas maybe all kids have a safety need. karynnj Monday #10

You mean the kids who have active cell phones Igel Monday #14

THIS! hamsterjill Monday #15

Flip Phones? ProfessorGAC Monday #16

Well at least they'll have the 10 Commandments to protect them MagickMuffin Monday #2

Yep, the 10 Commandments, we can't have school kids going around making graven images Walleye Monday #7

Art class is now banned in Texas? jmowreader Monday #20

Where's the prison time for those juvenile violators? Grins Monday #4

Sounds like an issue Dems should lean on newdeal2 Monday #5

Ok, typical stupid texas republicans demonstrating that, yet again, mwmisses4289 Monday #9

True, but in my school district senseandsensibility Monday #18

That last comment is offensive. Ms. Toad Monday #11

As a teacher, I can get behind this bill. no_hypocrisy Monday #12

I don't actually disapprove of this policy. ananda Monday #13

Maybe someone should make a phone case that locks around your wrist. Towlie Monday #17

Australia already had a ban on phones being on at school muriel_volestrangler Monday #19

I don't disagree with this. Buckeyeblue Monday #21