APS School Board candidates?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

Cell phones should be put away while kids are in school. That shouldn't even be up for debate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

You sound like parents who use this excuse to serve alcohol to 15yr olds. The science doesn’t agree with you on the benefits of giving your elementary and middle schoolers access to social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

You sound like parents who use this excuse to serve alcohol to 15yr olds. The science doesn’t agree with you on the benefits of giving your elementary and middle schoolers access to social media.

Banning them in school is not banning them entirely. And if a parent chooses to not allow their kid to have anything more than a flip phone, that's their choice and nothing wrong with it. It's their way of teaching their kids responsible phone use (ie, not using them at inappropriate times or in inappropriate places such as school.)
Part of teaching kids to use cell phones responsibly is to teach them not to use them at all when they are in classes, in meetings, or socializing in groups in person. Of course, I'm sure none of these parents' kids are doing any of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

Cell phones should be put away while kids are in school. That shouldn't even be up for debate.

you sound like someone with an elementary or middle schooler. Do you even have any idea how much kids are using these for educational purposes? I'm sure you do not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

You sound like parents who use this excuse to serve alcohol to 15yr olds. The science doesn’t agree with you on the benefits of giving your elementary and middle schoolers access to social media.

Banning them in school is not banning them entirely. And if a parent chooses to not allow their kid to have anything more than a flip phone, that's their choice and nothing wrong with it. It's their way of teaching their kids responsible phone use (ie, not using them at inappropriate times or in inappropriate places such as school.)
Part of teaching kids to use cell phones responsibly is to teach them not to use them at all when they are in classes, in meetings, or socializing in groups in person. Of course, I'm sure none of these parents' kids are doing any of that.

so if a kid's APS laptop stops working and the school takes 2 weeks to repair it, you want to prevent the kid from using their phone to access their work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

You sound like parents who use this excuse to serve alcohol to 15yr olds. The science doesn’t agree with you on the benefits of giving your elementary and middle schoolers access to social media.

you sound a little unhinged and very naive. Based on your post, I am guessing you have elementary and middle schooler, but yet want to ban high schoolers from phone use too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

You sound like parents who use this excuse to serve alcohol to 15yr olds. The science doesn’t agree with you on the benefits of giving your elementary and middle schoolers access to social media.

Banning them in school is not banning them entirely. And if a parent chooses to not allow their kid to have anything more than a flip phone, that's their choice and nothing wrong with it. It's their way of teaching their kids responsible phone use (ie, not using them at inappropriate times or in inappropriate places such as school.)
Part of teaching kids to use cell phones responsibly is to teach them not to use them at all when they are in classes, in meetings, or socializing in groups in person. Of course, I'm sure none of these parents' kids are doing any of that.

so if a kid's APS laptop stops working and the school takes 2 weeks to repair it, you want to prevent the kid from using their phone to access their work?

No, I want APS to not rely on digital devices for instruction and assignments. Since that's not going to happen, APS needs to be able to provide the devices necessary to do the work and teachers should not be requiring students to have a phone to do anything school-related, including digital calculators. Believe it or not, not every high school student has a cell phone with access to the internet. And believe it or not, sometimes high school students lose their cell phone privileges when parents take them away due to behavior or, ironically, poor academic performance. If APS requires students to have a phone, they should provide one. If they require a device to access work, they need to provide one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

Cell phones should be put away while kids are in school. That shouldn't even be up for debate.

you sound like someone with an elementary or middle schooler. Do you even have any idea how much kids are using these for educational purposes? I'm sure you do not.

You sound like someone being bamboozled by their teenager. I haven't had a kid in middle school or elementary school for 3 years. It is rare - if ever - that they use their phone for school work, especially IN school. Everything can be done on their laptops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

You sound like parents who use this excuse to serve alcohol to 15yr olds. The science doesn’t agree with you on the benefits of giving your elementary and middle schoolers access to social media.

you sound a little unhinged and very naive. Based on your post, I am guessing you have elementary and middle schooler, but yet want to ban high schoolers from phone use too.

Not the PP; but you seem to think it's impossible and ludicrous to ban the use of phones DURING SCHOOL HOURS or minimally DURING CLASS. Not banning phone use period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

You sound like parents who use this excuse to serve alcohol to 15yr olds. The science doesn’t agree with you on the benefits of giving your elementary and middle schoolers access to social media.

Banning them in school is not banning them entirely. And if a parent chooses to not allow their kid to have anything more than a flip phone, that's their choice and nothing wrong with it. It's their way of teaching their kids responsible phone use (ie, not using them at inappropriate times or in inappropriate places such as school.)
Part of teaching kids to use cell phones responsibly is to teach them not to use them at all when they are in classes, in meetings, or socializing in groups in person. Of course, I'm sure none of these parents' kids are doing any of that.

so if a kid's APS laptop stops working and the school takes 2 weeks to repair it, you want to prevent the kid from using their phone to access their work?

No, I want APS to not rely on digital devices for instruction and assignments. Since that's not going to happen, APS needs to be able to provide the devices necessary to do the work and teachers should not be requiring students to have a phone to do anything school-related, including digital calculators. Believe it or not, not every high school student has a cell phone with access to the internet. And believe it or not, sometimes high school students lose their cell phone privileges when parents take them away due to behavior or, ironically, poor academic performance. If APS requires students to have a phone, they should provide one. If they require a device to access work, they need to provide one.

APS doesn't require students to have phones and never will. But what is a student to do when their APS-issued laptop is broken in your world?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

Cell phones should be put away while kids are in school. That shouldn't even be up for debate.

you sound like someone with an elementary or middle schooler. Do you even have any idea how much kids are using these for educational purposes? I'm sure you do not.

I'm the parent of 4 high school grads. No, they don't NEED cell phones while they're in class. More and more school districts are restricting them and it won't be long before they are restricted everywhere.
https://apnews.com/article/school-cell-phone-ban-01fd6293a84a2e4e401708b15cb71d36

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

You sound like parents who use this excuse to serve alcohol to 15yr olds. The science doesn’t agree with you on the benefits of giving your elementary and middle schoolers access to social media.

Banning them in school is not banning them entirely. And if a parent chooses to not allow their kid to have anything more than a flip phone, that's their choice and nothing wrong with it. It's their way of teaching their kids responsible phone use (ie, not using them at inappropriate times or in inappropriate places such as school.)
Part of teaching kids to use cell phones responsibly is to teach them not to use them at all when they are in classes, in meetings, or socializing in groups in person. Of course, I'm sure none of these parents' kids are doing any of that.

so if a kid's APS laptop stops working and the school takes 2 weeks to repair it, you want to prevent the kid from using their phone to access their work?

No, I want APS to not rely on digital devices for instruction and assignments. Since that's not going to happen, APS needs to be able to provide the devices necessary to do the work and teachers should not be requiring students to have a phone to do anything school-related, including digital calculators. Believe it or not, not every high school student has a cell phone with access to the internet. And believe it or not, sometimes high school students lose their cell phone privileges when parents take them away due to behavior or, ironically, poor academic performance. If APS requires students to have a phone, they should provide one. If they require a device to access work, they need to provide one.

Then get back to me AFTER you successfully lobby for APS to provide devices consistently that do everything that phones do, including spares when they break down and speedier repair and access to all the apps they need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

Cell phones should be put away while kids are in school. That shouldn't even be up for debate.

you sound like someone with an elementary or middle schooler. Do you even have any idea how much kids are using these for educational purposes? I'm sure you do not.

You sound like someone being bamboozled by their teenager. I haven't had a kid in middle school or elementary school for 3 years. It is rare - if ever - that they use their phone for school work, especially IN school. Everything can be done on their laptops.

It's telling that you can't have this debate without resorting to insults of parents who disagree with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand APE hate, but they're right about phones. We're messing with our kids' brains. They should be banned from schools. Read some of the recent scientific studies on this.

Ditto! This is making me like APE. The anti-APE-anti-cell-phoners are likely parents who just couldn't effectively manage their kids phone/digital device use and now justify it as impractical/impossible/unrealistic/or even a necessity. I don't care about cell phones per se; but I do care about cell phones in school and they should absolutely be banned during the school day.

No, we are parents who CAN manage our kids' cell phone use, and understand that it's better to teach kids how to use them responsibly than to ban them altogether.

Cell phones should be put away while kids are in school. That shouldn't even be up for debate.

you sound like someone with an elementary or middle schooler. Do you even have any idea how much kids are using these for educational purposes? I'm sure you do not.

You sound like someone being bamboozled by their teenager. I haven't had a kid in middle school or elementary school for 3 years. It is rare - if ever - that they use their phone for school work, especially IN school. Everything can be done on their laptops.

It's telling that you can't have this debate without resorting to insults of parents who disagree with you.

Suggesting someone may be being bamboozled by their teen is insulting? Well, I guess here's more egregious insulting: if suggesting a teen is pulling one over on their parent is insulting to that parent, perhaps that parent is a bit sensitive and defensive. An insult would have been more like: you sound too stupid to know what your child is really doing. All kids try to fool their parents, and all parents are susceptible. That's not an insult.