@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.camessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up177
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minus-squareacargitzlinkfedilinkEnglish2•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-squareLucalinkfedilinkEnglish7•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-squareacargitzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•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.