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Igel

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14. You mean the kids who have active cell phones

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 23, 2025, 01:47 PM

Jun 23

when somebody with a gun is wandering the halls and listening for signs of life--beeps, rings, chimes, talking?

"But what if my parents' are worried?"

"But what if it's determined that the reason the shooter came in and killed some of your classmates was because your phone rang when you mom called back to ask what the emergency was--was it really an intruder!"

I want to see this enforced.

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Texas students' cell phones banned from schools under new law [View all] dalton99a Jun 23 OP

But how will the kids, hiding under their desks from the school shooter, call their parents to say goodbye? Walleye Jun 23 #1

Thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers EYESORE 9001 Jun 23 #3

Too bad God doesn't have a 911 line Walleye Jun 23 #6

That's PRAYER, you heathen! Gawd's own hotline! EYESORE 9001 Jun 23 #8

"safety need". Given guns in Texas maybe all kids have a safety need. karynnj Jun 23 #10

You mean the kids who have active cell phones Igel Jun 23 #14

THIS! hamsterjill Jun 23 #15

Flip Phones? ProfessorGAC Jun 23 #16

Well at least they'll have the 10 Commandments to protect them MagickMuffin Jun 23 #2

Yep, the 10 Commandments, we can't have school kids going around making graven images Walleye Jun 23 #7

Art class is now banned in Texas? jmowreader Jun 23 #20

Where's the prison time for those juvenile violators? Grins Jun 23 #4

Sounds like an issue Dems should lean on newdeal2 Jun 23 #5

Ok, typical stupid texas republicans demonstrating that, yet again, mwmisses4289 Jun 23 #9

True, but in my school district senseandsensibility Jun 23 #18

That last comment is offensive. Ms. Toad Jun 23 #11

As a teacher, I can get behind this bill. no_hypocrisy Jun 23 #12

I don't actually disapprove of this policy. ananda Jun 23 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Towlie Jun 23 #17

Australia already had a ban on phones being on at school muriel_volestrangler Jun 23 #19

I don't disagree with this. Buckeyeblue Jun 23 #21