While few educators deny the usefulness of calculators at the high school level, some are now beginning to rethink their use in the lower grades. In California, for example, where the state Mathematics Framework calls it "a reasonable goal to make calculators available at all times for in-class activities," one local school district recently voted to ban the use of calculators in kindergarten through third grade and to limit their use in the fourth and fifth grades as well. Other educators agree with that position: