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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I don’t get the point? When has there been a school shooting that 911 wasn’t called pretty much immediately?

Are parents thinking the cell phone will somehow save their child’s life? Some kids in Uvalde used their phones to call 911 but it didn’t help at all.

Are you just hoping your child will be distracted from lifesaving lockdown drill maneuvering so they can instead send you a potentially final text message?

Cell phones do not save the lives of kids in school shootings. Kids don’t need a cell phone when they are inside school attending classes. For the walk to and from, maybe sure.

Someday we will all look back on this experiment and wonder WTF we were thinking.[/quote]
I think it's about notification then about dialing 911.  Parents want to know immediately when there is an incident at school, not wait for the media to tell us.  And if there is an emergency situation like that, a parent might want to be able to communicate with their child.

My kid was in a lockdown situation when they suspected someone in the school had a gun.  DC was texting me about it.  I wasn't panicking, but I was trying to soothe DC, though DC had friends who were comforting each other.

Having stated that, I would rather not have phones in class.   I'm for the yondr pouches. I think having a phone in school does more harm than good.

School shootings are scary, but statistically still fairly low.  Phones in school is an everyday occurrence, and and everyday distraction.[/quote]

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