 have a ban then, and then why did they get rid of it? So phones were banned before, but it was really only the schools that had metal detectors where the ban mattered, right? Because kids would keep their phones in their backpacks otherwise, and back then they didn't really take them out of their backpacks, but the schools with the metal detectors, you couldn't bring your cell phone in, and it was what ended up happening is they would bring their phones, and then they would have to drop them off at a