text: I hear that you are considering two different polices about using phones in school. Kids tend to use cell phone in class to text their friends and this disturbs the class from focusing on the teacher. I understand that you must take all this in to consideration, but I believe that policy one is the one you should go with. Students need to be able to uses phones in school in case they need to call a parent to pick them up after school , to call their parents in cases something happens at school, and in case they need to call a friend to tell them something quickly.