Which private MSs and HSs have strict phone policies?

[Anonymous]

Our private schools has scramblers on except at lunch.

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Anonymous wrote:Our private schools has scramblers on except at lunch.

A scrambler? I need one!

[Anonymous]

Sidwell has a policy where phones not allowed in academic buildings. If you have a phone, it will be taken to the dean’s office and you will get a point that will count towards your loss of privileges.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a bit of a moot point since kids are now on their computers in class most of the day texting each other from the computer platforms and switching between class assignments and youtube windows. The bigger problem is this huge amount of time they all now spend slumped over a computer in general-- that has become normalized. Try to estimate your DC's amount of time in front of a computer ( or phone..or any electronic) from bus to school to lights out..its most of the day. We all need to grapple with this huge problem that collecting phones at school does not fix.

Not an issue at schools that monitor computer use. For example, any iPad school will have teachers equipped with the capability to see each kid’s screen and immediately redirect them to the correct location and/or share a message without alerting the rest of the class. This technology exists for PCs but it’s more clunky.

But a teacher who is teaching isn't also checking an iPad simultaneously. Of course it's technically possible to monitor, but in practice there is a lot of YouTube going on. It would be even better if schools would BLOCK youtube on devices used in class, but I haven't ever seen this. I have asked.

We use GoGuardian at my school. You're correct that I can't constantly monitor it during class. However, it logs all students' activity so I can check it later. I can, and do, follow up with students who were off task.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell has a policy where phones not allowed in academic buildings. If you have a phone, it will be taken to the dean’s office and you will get a point that will count towards your loss of privileges.

What are these privileges?

[Anonymous]

WES restricts the use of phones in middle school.

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Anonymous wrote:We use GoGuardian at my school. You're correct that I can't constantly monitor it during class. However, it logs all students' activity so I can check it later. I can, and do, follow up with students who were off task.

Do they tell you the full extent of what it actually captures in the background? They (and their competitors) do some pretty chilling things, monitoring wise.

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell has a policy where phones not allowed in academic buildings. If you have a phone, it will be taken to the dean’s office and you will get a point that will count towards your loss of privileges.

That sounds amazing. At Potomac the kids’ heads are buried in their phones as they walk from class to class. I wish they would do something similar!

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Anonymous wrote:Any school known for being phone fascists? There's got to be at least a couple that ban them outright? (Some of the more reviled "traditional" schools, maybe?)

I really don't think so. That ship sailed.

Perhaps a time machine back to 1992?

[Anonymous]

Anyone know what the phone policies are at GDS, STA and NCS?

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Anonymous wrote:Sidwell has a policy where phones not allowed in academic buildings. If you have a phone, it will be taken to the dean’s office and you will get a point that will count towards your loss of privileges.

What are these privileges?

After a certain number of points, your loss of privilege (LOP) is a week’s worth of study hall during lunch in silence with no electronics like a computer.