text: For example if someone had taken a fall and broken their arm, leg, etc. and nobody was around to help them, if the schools policy was that they must not have their phone during school then they would have no contact to anyone that may be able to help them. The phones are sometimes a must have. Since the phones are to be off during class time the people who feel the need of having no interruption whatsoever may have their quiet, and everyone is happy. the people who want their quiet and the people who feel the need to socialize.