text: I believe that allowing students to use their cell phones during lunch periods and other free time is the policy to consider. If you allow students to use their phones during free times it might make the students enjoy school more and focus. Taking phones away altogether just gives the students another reason to not enjoy school; this is another instance you do not want. Some of the students don't care about school and use their phones anyway, if you were to give them this privilege it increases the chances of them not wanting to do it as much; if everyone is doing it there is no point to some people.