Most schools have an NO PED rule. That means that students are not aloud to use any Personal Electronic Devices in school. They are aloud to have them in their backppack but they are not aloud to be kept in handbags, pockets, or in desks! Personal Electronic Devices (PED) includes Ipods, Mp3 players, Mp4 players, Phones, Blackberrys, PDA's, Smartphones, ECT. If you think that students should be aloud to carry PED's in their pockets, handbags, backpacks, bookbags,and desks then please sign. If there was ever an emergency the students would want to be able to contact their family and their family would want to be able to contact their child!