Schools Develop Rules For Cell Phone Use

SOLON, Ohio -- Cell phones are becoming more and more popular, and many high school students now have them.

Schools are developing rules about when and where students can use cell phones, reported Cleveland television NewsChannel5.

Cell phones have become a part of our life, but they've also become a problem for some school districts.

Nanci Bush has been a teacher for 13 years, and she said she is seeing more students with phones.

"I would say most kids probably have cell phones these days," said Bush.

Rules for cell phones vary by district in northeast Ohio. Some schools have banned them all together, some districts require kids to keep them locked up, while others allow students to have cell phones with them but must turn them off.

At Solon High School, kids can carry their cell phones in school but the phones can not ring. If a cell phone does ring, teachers will confiscate the phone.

Angela Spontelli, a Solon High School senior, has her cell phone with her all the time, but knows the rules.

"I can see where they are coming from, have to draw the line somewhere, but it's frustrating, I should be able to use it," said Spontelli.

"We really don't have that big of a problem with it. Sometimes in the hall a teacher will see it and tell them to put it away," said Tammy Strom, of Solon City Schools.

In most districts, punishment for violating cell phone policy is having the phone confiscated.