text: I believe that students should be allowed to bring cell phones to school and be allowed to use them during lunch periods and other free times, as long as the phones are turned off during class time. Students, much like my self, need to use cell phones for many reasons during school like calling a parent, and if students cannot use their own phones, they would always be going into the office needing to use a school phone. Also, now-a-days, students can do things like check their email on their phones which is very handy when you need to see about practice times and what not.