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Lifeline or distraction? Georgia shooting reignites debate over cellphones in schools

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At least 13 states ban or restrict students’ use of cellphones in schools statewide.

Phone-free schools movement co-founder: Phone-Free Schools must be focused on preventing more school shootings.

Phones can be a major distraction in class but a lifeline during emergencies, expert says.

Smartphones are sometimes used to record emergencies rather than run from them, an expert says.

At Apalachee , the activation of an emergency alert system has been credited with saving lives.

Smartphones can do that too, the expert says, but there is room for compromise.

Every classroom has a device to unlock the pouches that hold cellphones when it is safe to do so.

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