Should students have phones in school?

Students should be able to have phones in school. The first reason is that students may need to use their phones for after school purposes. If students do not have their phones they will need to use the office phone and with all the people it could take a while. Also if students are not sure and cant hear what the teacher is saying they could record the class to look over it again later that allows you to learn more. Next if  there is a threat in the school you could easily use your phone to contact the local police. lastly if worst comes to worst and you dont have a calculator your phone most likely has an app that is a calculator. students should not be able to have phones. Here are some reasons why not to have phones, first it could distract the students by getting texts every two minutes not allowing the kids to pay attention wich could lead to bad grades. lastly if you get caught with your phone the teacher could get mad at you and either start not to like you or tell your parents and get punished. This article  brings many great pros and cons to the topic of cell phones and schools check it out.