Limited Cell phones permitted

In this article, the Nashville, Tennessee administrators are giving cell phones to certain students. These students are leaders but they do not have to pay for the cell phones from out of their pocket. The expenses are been taken at the school expense. The school district’s rationale behind this move is to try to keep a safe environment and to report any major disruptions they may be happening where an administrator or teacher is not located at the time. The only students that are allowed to use the cell phones are the students that are selected to be on the Metro’s student advisory council. In order for the students to obtain the phones, the students must have written permission from their parent, phones are turned back in at the end of the school year, they receive 500 minutes per month, they cannot text on the phones, and they are responsible for any minutes occurred over the 500 minutes.
This can be good to have but it can also be negative. Like in the article, Dave Burton stated, “If another student sees this one calling, he may be seen as a reporter, and that may also lead to negative implications for that student.”

This article was very interesting to me and I am going to try to look into it some more.
http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm/limited_cell_phones_permitted