We have a reasonably fair rule of freely using cellphones during break and lunch, however that doesn't stop the hundreds of girls who text in class every day. Why the heck do girls do that anyways? Can they not stop talking for 5 minuets? Just curious. =P

at my school we can have cell phones before and after school but everyone texts all day long, I'm doing a research paper on the usage of cell phones in high schools every where. I think that we should at least be able to text in between classes and then put them away before the bell rings!

my school lets us bring cellphones to school but we are not allowed to use them unless its the end of school or its recess time

We are allowed to bring our phones to school, but they have to be turned off. Some kids use their phones to call their parents after school and practice so it makes it easier. If you get caught texting or using your phone during school you will get it taken away and your parents have to come to school to get it.

At my school, cellphones/iPods/electronics are NOT permitted under any circumstances while in any school uniform (sports, 'number ones', and normal school uniform). If a student is caught on a bus/in town/or even walking home with a cell phone, a teacher may confiscate it, and keep it for: 1st offence-2 weeks
2nd offence- 4 weeks
3rd offence- 1 term.
These confiscation periods last throughout all holidays, including December holidays.
I personally think this is stupid, and students should at least be allowed before and after school. It is completely irresponsible of the school confiscating the phones during holidays, as students may have urgent need for them.
Also very hypocritical as teachers text during classes, and even make phone calls!

At my school, they aren't allowed to be on during school hours. I have a one, and i have a little compartment in my backpack for cell phones, so i keep it their where nobody can get to it.

Some people take theirs out the SECOND they get out of the building and walk around like," LOOK AT ME! I HAVE A CELL PHONE!"
I don't do that because i don't need to call/text my friends after school when most of them are two feet away from me.

I'm in sixth grade,and one time my Spanish teacher said that in the seventh and eighth grades, they have to go around and collect cell phones everyday because they take 'em out during class! I think everyone in MY grade is smart enough not to do that because we actually want to KEEP out phones !

Anyway, my school doesn't let you take them out during class.

My kids' schools prohibit use of cell phones during school hours. If a cell phone is seen or heard, the teacher takes it and may or may not give it back at the end of class. I know there have been incidents where the phone was brought to the front office and the parents were called. They are very strict about cell phone use at the schools, which I think is a good thing... they should be concentrating on their school work, not worrying about texting someone or getting a text back.

At my high school, students may have phones with them, but they must be turned off or on silent during school hours. If a teacher sees or hears a cell phone, they are expected to confiscate it (on the first offense, the student can have it back at the end of the day; for second, third, etc offenses, the student's parents must retrieve it for him.)

Obviously some teachers are more observant or lenient than others. In some classes it is not uncommon for students to text throughout the hour.

When i was going to school we had beepers then eventually cell phones so there was never really a big policy in school about them no one really talked or texted while in class. Some kids did who were all into technology then got thrown out for making some fake college degree and selling them.

At my school, they take away the electronics (cellphones, PSP, NDS, Ipod, etc.) and give it to the dean at my school. Then a parent has to pick it up after school.

I am a student doing an oral communications speech over the cell phone ban in schools. I of course being a teenager and a cell phone user, am for cell phones in school. At my school, we are allowed to bring them in the building and may have them before and after the bell. I think that we should be able to use them in class, but only when there isn't any work being done. Parents, face it, kids will cheat even without cell phones. But if we took away the sneeky feeling kids get when they do text in class, if might help them learn better, knowing they could get to their cell phone when they have completed their work. I would love to hear any comments on this, kids and adults.
thanks

I think kids should be able to use their cell phones at school as long as they don't use them during class

We are allowed to have cell phones at school as long as they stay in our backpacks and turned off. If we need to call somebody, we go to the office and use the phone there. However, phones are allowed on campus before/after school hours. Only then can you use them.

no cell phone in school....period! have an emergency, use a land line.

we not allowed to have cellphones on school premises ,but we all do. We turn our cells on silent and we don't use them during class. I think that cells should be allowed. have one just incase I have to stay after school or something.

We need to find a way to keep cellphones out of schools. They are a real distraction to the learning process. At my child's high school, kids are texting back and forth to parents and friends even during class, when they should be focusing on the lesson. Parents are part of the problem--they're calling and texting all day long. Can't they just wait a couple of hours until the kid is out of school? Using a "scrambling" or jamming technology is one solution (this device scrambles cell signals within a certain radius)--but in our town parents have lobbied against it. How can real learning take place when kids are so focused on their cell phones?

My kid's allowed to use his cellphone as much as he wants as long as he's not caught.

My school lets us use our cell phones whenever we're not in class.

in my school we can keep our cell phones in our locker but they have to be turned off. When you set step out of the building you can use it.

My school says that we can have cell phones but have to have them turned off during school hours. I think we should be allowed to use them when we are not in class being taught.