text: Online school can bring benefits to a few students, even thogh it is not meant for everybody, there is people that don't have another option but to take it, and it is not wrong at all, it is just that a real school is always a better option if it is possible to attend, learning is important, which we could get from both types of schools, but, having manners, knowing your rights and freedoms, mental health, relationships, friendships culture diversity, and a good time management will always influence in a person's behavior, lifestyle, and personality.   I would go with policy 1, because there are many reasons why students would have their cell phones with them. There could have been something bad in your family and one of your parents might call to notify you what has happened, there's some kind of murderer in the school and the phones are out and cell phones are the only device to contact someone when you really need help, or you are on school grounds in a severe condition and there is no one else there to help you, you could either call for help or use your cell phone. I kind of support the use of cell phones even though I don't own one, I might ask for someone to use their's when I need to make a call. Even though these events are rare, you might not know what will happen. In my opinion, I would tell the principle to use policy 1.