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It's unfortunate the author does not discuss the fact that a flip phone can provide students with the communications described in the article as essential.
Hi Tom, thank you for your thoughts! You are absolutely correct in saying that flip phones are actually not included in New York’s new policy, and could be a good alternative for students, since they would allow for basic communications but would not have the capacity for social media access, etc.