There have been new rule changes this year at Lewis Cass. These rules affect the people at Lewis Cass by not being able to get all of your stuff to get to your classes before the bell. For example, if your locker is on the other side of the school and your classes are on the other side away from your locker. You could put your stuff for your classes in your backpack, and bring the backpack with you to get to your classes faster. Since we can not have our backpacks with us, it is harder to get to our classes on time. The phone rule affects us as well because if we have to get a hold of our parents, but they have a work number the school does not know about, and you know the number. Two of the multiple rule changes this year are no backpacks allowed in the classrooms, and no phones allowed in the classroom. It is important to read the handbook because the students can read the handbook for this info to understand the new rules that have been applied this year, and so they do not get in trouble with the principal and their parents for having their phone or backpack on them. The first offense is that you have to pick up your phone from the principal’s office at the end of the day. The second offense is that your parents have to pick your phone up from the principal’s office. The third offense is that you get thirty minutes of after school detention. The fourth offense is two days of ISS (In school suspension). Then the fifth offense is 3 to 5 days of OSS (Outside school suspension). Mr. Smith said, “Cell phones have become a major distraction in the classroom and are often used to communicate in negative ways.”