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Contact: Frank Sobrino
O: (212) 669-4193
For Immediate Release: December 13,
2006
Statement
by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum on DOE Pilot Project
To Let Students Store Cell Phones in Coin-Operated Lockers
“Where there’s a will
there’s a way and, finally, the Department of Education
appears willing to listen to parents.
“Unfortunately, DOE seems intent
on moving at glacial speed in reversing course on its misguided
cell phone policy, prolonging for at least two more years the
anxiety of tens of thousands of parents concerned for their children’s
safety on the way to and from school.
“As I’ve said many times,
rather than vigorously enforcing a dated policy, DOE should go
back to allowing principals and teachers to use their discretion,
as they did for years, in curbing inappropriate cell phone use.
“As could be seen in the e-mails
I recently delivered to the Mayor, parents and students can ill
afford to wait two years for the Department of Education to develop
a sensible cell phone policy.”
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