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by _greim_ 802 days ago
Phone-free schools seem like an obvious way to fight this, but supposedly modern parents need constant access to their kids and tend to oppose the idea.
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You don't get phone-free schools in a post-Uvalde world.
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-education-minister-clarif...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/europe/netherlands-school-pho...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-restrict-...

Americans might not get phone-free schools but others in places that have their shit together on gun regulations and police corruption/incompetence will.

Indiana literally just banned phones from schools state-wide this month.
Same with The Netherlands (not legally, but all schools have agreed to implement these rules).
There's always a market for dumb phones.
Maybe freeing kids from the grip of social media addiction prevents future Uvaldes?
I skimmed the wikipedia article on the event[1] but I don't see anything that explains the role of kid's phones in the event. Can you elaborate?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting

In short, the police department's involvement (or lack thereof) has made parents feel that they can't rely on the police to communicate or coordinate during a mass shooting.