Why We Think Cell Phone Banning

An editorial by Hawa Barbra & Mayra Bonilla

Cell phones should not be banned from school because emergencies can occur. For example, if a child gets hurt in school and the school is trying to reach the parent at home, but they are not picking up the phone, what happens? If the child has a cell phone with them, they could checking the student cell phone and get the parents’ cell phone numbers or other relatives’ numbers.

Other emergencies could happen, like if a child is walking home by himself or if he or she is taking public transportation and something happens like a fight. If the person gets hurt really badly, the child could call the police.

Another reason is if someone tries to do something to the child like kidnap him or her, they could start running and call the police really. As we said in the beginning of this article, cell phones are very important in school and out of school. The Board of Education should take this into consideration and try to change the law about cell phones being banned from school.