This cell phone market targets only kids in schools with metal detectors. Why should the kids in the poorest areas have to pay some ridiculous fee every day, while the children in better, wealthier districts get the "privilege" of keeping it in their backpacks for free. The ban is obviously ineffective as it is obvious kids will bring their cellphones no matter what. We should not allow children in the poorest districts to waste 2 dollars a day on a service that should be useless.
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This idea that students need their cell phones to contact their parents is bogus. I taught in WIHS for 9... [MORE]
lisa
Oct 16, 2007 21:32
Maybe not. But when calculators came out it was cool to have one even though they were not allowed in... [MORE]
Tony Athas
Jan 7, 2008 23:15
This cell phone market targets only kids in schools with metal detectors. Why should the kids in the poorest areas...
Grandpajoe
Oct 15, 2007 11:37
That was a great idea even at 50 cents per day [MORE]