> Once enough students tip over to "I'm going to use it and I don't care", the school can't do anything about it.
The school can totally do something about that, they just have to be willing to confront the student and enforce the rules.
The school can totally do something about that, they just have to be willing to confront the student and enforce the rules.
What if the student beats other kids up, and the parent behaves similarly in response to discipline? Should the school tolerate that defiance, too?
The school obviously can't take the phone and throw it in a shredder or keep it for the year, but they can and should be able to keep it for the school day (and every other school day, if need be).