CrimsonFlash@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agoCanadian schools are experimenting with cellphone bans, but some parents say the devices are lifelineswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down12
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkCanadian schools are experimenting with cellphone bans, but some parents say the devices are lifelineswww.cbc.caCrimsonFlash@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square146fedilink
minus-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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-up7·1 year 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-squareacargitz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.