News & Notes: Cell Phones a High School Headache
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PITTSFIELD - Area high schools are facing a problem that is growing bigger and bigger each day ... students with cell phones.
The number of students in area high schools who have cell phones far outnumber those who don't and there is a growing problem with text-messaging. High school teachers in major communities like North Adams, Pittsfield and Great Barrington, plus those in other school districts, say students are forbidden to use cell phones during class time but that doesn't seem to stop them from texting messages to others.
Some students can dial and send a text message with one hand under the desk. In some cases, letters have been sent home to parents by school officials but that doesn't seem to have made a dent in the problem. Some parents actually call students during class time. Students the Berkshire News Network talked to at Taconic and Pittsfield high schools said they can't conceive leaving home without their cell phone and that it's a safety issue to them.
Provided by the Berkshire News Network, Radio Stations WNAW/WUPE, news partners of iBerkshires.
