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Article: Majority of American Parents Reject School Cell Phone Bans; 84 Percent of Parents Agree That Banning Cell Phones from School Property is Unacceptable.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- August 28, 2006
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GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- When it comes to controlling cell phones in the classroom, most American parents think forbidding children from bringing cell phones onto school property is an extreme measure. A recent survey by ACE*COMM Corporation (NASDAQ:ACEC) reveals that, instead of having schools set the rules on cell phone behaviour, 95 percent of parents prefer to be the ones in control of their child's cell phone use.
Scheduling and safety concerns are the main reasons why parents want their children to have access to cell phones during school hours. Of the parents polled:
--99 percent want to be able to contact their child and have their child contact ...