text: I am writing to you to tell you that you should consider letting students bring their phones to school, but have them turn them off during class because students should have the rights to be able to contact a parent at all times. Students could also be stress free for the teachers because they wouldn't be as loud at lunch or in the halls. It could also help the teachers because if a student is not in class another student could call or text these students to figure out if they are sick and if not where they are, and another student could leave their phone on so the absent student can hear and still participate in the class activities so they wouldn't be so far behind when they return.