again my comment was directed to the person who said the school should let a student leave without the parent signing them out… not about someone using their cell phone in school. If a student uses a cell phone or pay phone to make a false dismissal call it wouldn’t matter if u require the parent or secondary contact to sign them out. If the situation is that dire, then maybe the school should have someone on their staff whos job it is to take a student to where they need to be. That eliminates fake dismissals, the need to the parent to have to leave the dire situation… etc etc… Of the things school boards waste money on, paying someone to transport a kid (who would obviously be distressed in a situation like this) to the emergency destination would be money well spent.