text: Nowadays most kids carry around cell phones for emergencies or just to be able to connect with each other. I strongly believe kids should be able to bring their phones to school incase of family emergencies or because of a medical problem. Even though many kids use them to mostly socialize they can be very useful in a life or death situation. For example, If a student was having a medical problem during lunch and they couldn't reach the clinic in time they could take out their cell phone and ask their parents to pick them up immediately. I strongly recommend policy as opposed to not being able to have immediate help.