CrimsonFlash to CanadaEnglish · 2 years agoCanadian schools are experimenting with cellphone bans, but some parents say the devices are lifelineswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down12
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minus-squareacargitzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIn Montreal, it is common for students after a certain age to start commuting back home with public transit. Using the school as the single point of contact is not always possible.
minus-squareLuca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoThe ban isn’t preventing students from bringing a cell phone and keeping it turned off in their lockers all day. As an aside, hello fellow Montrealer.
minus-squareacargitzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYea, I didn’t read the article carefully and I was thinking of a blanket ban. My bad.
In Montreal, it is common for students after a certain age to start commuting back home with public transit. Using the school as the single point of contact is not always possible.
The ban isn’t preventing students from bringing a cell phone and keeping it turned off in their lockers all day.
As an aside, hello fellow Montrealer.
Yea, I didn’t read the article carefully and I was thinking of a blanket ban. My bad.