text: I know personally because i am one of these people, that you need your phone before school if you get rides from other people or if you think you might be late to the bus and you need to ask you friend to see if the bus is there. Even more important then that though, if you're parents want to contact you or need to find your ride after school and you don't know where they have parked and the your principle made the choice to band you from even bringing your phone to school, then might not have a ride home or an angry parent. So if you live over 5 miles away from school like me, then that's a long walk home.