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Subject: Re: 1 Hour ago - LAUSD approves cellphone ban as Newsom calls for
 statewide action
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 22:20:54 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:49:08 -0000 (UTC),
Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>, in
<v4v264$22ggu$1@dont-email.me> wrote:
>  Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:
> > On 6/19/2024 5:09 AM, Thyme Four Kneegrow Knewz wrote:
> >> The Los Angeles school board Tuesday set in motion a plan to ban cellphones
> >> all day on campus, saying the devices distract students from learning, lead
> >> to anxiety and allow cyberbullying.
> >> 
> > 
> >> “Very furious,” is how Helen Ho, 16, a rising junior at Narbonne High in
> >> Harbor City, described her reaction. Students need phones for emergency
> >> situations and to maintain access to family, she said.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> At school, she said, she uses her phone for educational purposes, such as
> >> applying to programs or accessing information from fliers that often provide
> >> only QR codes, for which “you can’t use your laptop.”
> >> 
> >> For her, a phone is a source of connection and stability.
> >> 
> > 
> > She can do that stuff after school.  This ban has been discussed by 
> > other schools and many may now follow.
> 
>  Already happened in France
>  https://news.sky.com/story/french-schools-ban-mobile-phones-as-parents-say-the-uk-should-be-next-11489948
> 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12694341/Florida-school-district-cell-phone-ban.html

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