I agree that the kids should be punished if doing these things. As far as the kids taking cell phones to school, I know that I like my kids to take thier cell phone in case of an emergency, in case something happened while waiting on the bus or if something happened like at Columbine that the kids would have a way to call if an emergency should arise. Most of the cell phones have tracking on them if something happened a child were abducted. So for me its a saftey measure to let my kids take it to school.