Cell Phones In School

SAD or Holbrook has a policy on the NO use of cell phones by students. In general I agree with this. However children should be allowed before school, at lunch and at end of day to turn phones on to check for messages. This is a great tool for parents to give kids messages on work, chores, busing, pickups and so much more. But if the kid gets caught doing this by the phone police, they take the phone, notes home and more. But here is the kicker....the teachers use phones in class. On a regular basis their phones ring and THEY answer them and talk on them, excusing themselves for a moment or talking in class. A student can not have coffee, soda or ice tea to drink at school. Yet those same drinks are taken into the class room by the teachers and drank in front of the class. There should be no double standards. In fact the teachers should be setting the standards, not do as I say, not as I do! Isn't that what a teachers lounge is for?