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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

Jun 23

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 Jun 23 OP

But how will the kids, hiding under their desks from the school shooter, call their parents to say goodbye? Walleye Jun 23 #1

Thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers EYESORE 9001 Jun 23 #3

Too bad God doesn't have a 911 line Walleye Jun 23 #6

That's PRAYER, you heathen! Gawd's own hotline! EYESORE 9001 Jun 23 #8

"safety need". Given guns in Texas maybe all kids have a safety need. karynnj Jun 23 #10

You mean the kids who have active cell phones Igel Jun 23 #14

THIS! hamsterjill Jun 23 #15

Flip Phones? ProfessorGAC Jun 23 #16

Well at least they'll have the 10 Commandments to protect them MagickMuffin Jun 23 #2

Yep, the 10 Commandments, we can't have school kids going around making graven images Walleye Jun 23 #7

Art class is now banned in Texas? jmowreader Jun 23 #20

Where's the prison time for those juvenile violators? Grins Jun 23 #4

Sounds like an issue Dems should lean on newdeal2 Jun 23 #5

Ok, typical stupid texas republicans demonstrating that, yet again, mwmisses4289 Jun 23 #9

True, but in my school district senseandsensibility Jun 23 #18

That last comment is offensive. Ms. Toad Jun 23 #11

As a teacher, I can get behind this bill. no_hypocrisy Jun 23 #12

I don't actually disapprove of this policy. ananda Jun 23 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Towlie Jun 23 #17

Australia already had a ban on phones being on at school muriel_volestrangler Jun 23 #19

I don't disagree with this. Buckeyeblue Jun 23 #21