Kids have always had things, even non-smart phones, that were not allowed out in the classroom. I don't know how to keep kids focused in class and still safe. Do they still give detention?

The training tells you how and where to hide if an active shooter is looking for people to kill.
The training is helpful, as long as the future active shooter isn’t in the classroom learning all this at the table next to you.

We didn't have phones in the 1970s, though there were times, admittedly, it would have been nice to be able to call mom if practice was cancelled.

This is a good thing.

I definitely want in class phone control but no phones is a little worrisome to me.

It's a different world than in the '70s.
Year Population in my little town, bought here in 1974
1970 11,856
1980 28,254
1990 52,422
2022 68,035

Some nuts want to give them guns. So why not phones instead?

Panic button every class may be too much to hope for, but I would like something kids could get to.

That would be far cheaper.

required to keep them in backpacks or lockers. I don’t believe this bill means kids can’t bring phones with them to school at all.