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Subject: Re: 1 Hour ago - LAUSD approves cellphone ban as Newsom
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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:49:08 -0000 (UTC)
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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