California's School Phone Crackdown: What It Means in the Event of a Shooting
On August 28, a shooting threat was spread via social media at Birmingham Community High School, in Van Nuys, LA. One week later, thirteen people were shot at a school in Georgia while their peers made frantic phone calls to their parents. Reports began to circulate about the ways in which students had made use of their devices to keep themselves safe. Then, on September 6, the California Legislature sent Governor Newsom a bill that would require all school districts to limit their pupils’ use of cell phones while on school property. While the bill has been presented as a
September 18, 2024