text: I have heard you are considering the possibility of banning the use of cell phones from school. Yes cell phones at times can be distracting but at other times cell phones can be a help to student and faculty. If a student is out of class and gets into any sort of trouble they could make a call with the click of a button. Yet if they don't have their phones students could get hurt and not be able to make a call resulting in many different types of crisis. Also with the technology that we have today students could do useful things on their phones. For example if the lost something they could send out messages saying they would give a reward if someone saw it. This would be much more efficient then a child walking around school asking every student in sight.