School taking a phone for a year?

My school has a new principal and with him came new rules.

We were allowed to have our phones in class last year, but this guy says no phones…period.

And if they take your phone, you don’t get it back for a week and then you have to pay $20.

They second time they take your phone, they take it for a month and not even your parents can get it back.

Third time, they take it for an entire year and your parents and no amount of money can get it back.

A year?! Is that not overkill?

He also has a rule that if you’re late, even a minute late, you have to go to detention.

If you have an excused absence, you need to get it approved and to do that you have to wait in line for a slip in the morning. They only accept excuses until 7:40, any later, it’s unexcused and you get 0’s on all your assignments. Even if the line is really long but you weren’t late, oh well, it’s past 7:40 and its unexcused. Then you’re also late to class and have detention.

I told my parents about this and they think the rules are acceptable.

What do you say?