A thought....

I have to disagree with Jason about the cell phone ban. Yes, they're a distraction in school, but there's no reason they can't take a phone with them to school. I support a rule that requires the phone be OFF in class, and if it's not it may be confiscated or whatever. In my experiance the whole note-from-the-office thing never works. (besides, Jason's a decade out of school, he's a little behind the times) ;) Often, when it came to notes from the office for me, I'd get them an hour or more after my parents called, they'd say call ASAP, and the office wouldn't let me use their phone anyway.

So, in conclusion, I think phones are a distraction, but rather than be banned outright (like guns and knives) they should simply be controlled.

-Kristin