text: My thought is that, allowing these devices to be on during school hours and to be used during "free time" would be taken advantage of. The eight hours of the day at school is a teenagers "free time". Teens even now already use them during school, and some teachers say "You can have it out, as long as I don't see it or hear it". And, we still wonder why their are so many kids failing. So, yes I think people are going to take advantage of this privilege.