text: Personally I think that the first policy would be the best for our school as I don't see many disadvantages to it. Students would be able to find each other if they split up, alert others of any school changes ahead of time, notify others about things their teacher changes in their classroom, or remind their classmates not to forget about supplies. They'd also have a means of communication in times of an emergency. The only advantage I see for not letting students have phones at school at all is that less people would most likely cheat on tests and they'd pay more attention in class rather than text one another in their own conversation. So personally I think the first policy has more benefits than the second policy.