It’s more than that. You sitting in your living room watching Netflix instead of working is different than a classroom. In a classroom environment, once one ki

It’s more than that. You sitting in your living room watching Netflix instead of working is different than a classroom. In a classroom environment, once one kid is futzing around on their phone, others follow. That creates issues for the teachers who end up policing behavior instead of their jobs. You also have the obvious issues with cheating. When I was the president of a school board, a subset of active and vocal parents were against the ban, citing a desire say goodbye to their kids in the event of a school massacre. In some cases I had doubts with respect to the veracity of that argument. The parents are a problem too - many have an expectation to text or speak to kids throughout the day. The school handled it well IMO, no phones until grade 5, then kids can have them in their locker and use them at specific times.