APS High School Cell Phone Policy

[Anonymous]

They don’t give them enough time to get to lockers between classes, so kids don’t use them. You have to request one and they are usually only used for after school needs (sports equipment).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some teachers have phone cubbies the students have to use. I hate that. It's gross to me. Let them keep them in their bags and only remove them if the student is abusing the privilege.

Some teachers don’t want to waste your precious snowflake’s instructional time when they have to address the inevitable phone misuse. Be grateful. They’ll live.

How is the teacher doing to know of the kid leaves it in their backpack?

Huh? I don’t understand what you’re trying to say. I can tell you that with 28 teenagers in a room… someone is going to pull out their phone. Probably several someones within a block period. And then it has to be addressed. And class stopped. It’s not worth the loss of instructional time. Let the teachers take the phones so they can get on with the business of teaching.

If you have a HS kid who knows not to pull out there phone, so they actually leave it in their bag, how would the teacher know? That's the question. If the idea of phone cubbies is displeasing, can't the kid just keep the phone in the backpack? Surely not everyone has a phone.

You lost me when you said surely not everyone has a phone.

[Anonymous]

Teacher in a different county here.

I told my students (high schoolers) that I am not policing phones anymore. If they decide to ignore my instruction and spend time on their phones, that is on them. However, I will not reteach or reexplain anything to a student who was on their phone while I taught.

Directions and notes are always available online or on the board, so they can teach themselves when they finally decide to come up for air from the phone. Or, they can fail.

I am way less stressed and having way fewer arguments in class now.

I will never be able to make my class more interesting than TikTok or the endless amount of media out there, and I'm done trying to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher in a different county here.

I told my students (high schoolers) that I am not policing phones anymore. If they decide to ignore my instruction and spend time on their phones, that is on them. However, I will not reteach or reexplain anything to a student who was on their phone while I taught.

Directions and notes are always available online or on the board, so they can teach themselves when they finally decide to come up for air from the phone. Or, they can fail.

I am way less stressed and having way fewer arguments in class now.

I will never be able to make my class more interesting than TikTok or the endless amount of media out there, and I'm done trying to be.

Oh… the parents! I hope they support you when it goes down. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teacher in a different county here.

I told my students (high schoolers) that I am not policing phones anymore. If they decide to ignore my instruction and spend time on their phones, that is on them. However, I will not reteach or reexplain anything to a student who was on their phone while I taught.

Directions and notes are always available online or on the board, so they can teach themselves when they finally decide to come up for air from the phone. Or, they can fail.

I am way less stressed and having way fewer arguments in class now.

I will never be able to make my class more interesting than TikTok or the endless amount of media out there, and I'm done trying to be.

Why not take their phones at the beginning of class?

[Anonymous]

I stopped teaching when children became distracted with phones. Parents don’t want to have them left at home, admin don’t want to enforce no phone policies, so what is the point of my even trying to compete with that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I stopped teaching when children became distracted with phones. Parents don’t want to have them left at home, admin don’t want to enforce no phone policies, so what is the point of my even trying to compete with that?

*admin doesn’t

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I stopped teaching when children became distracted with phones. Parents don’t want to have them left at home, admin don’t want to enforce no phone policies, so what is the point of my even trying to compete with that?

*admin doesn’t

Everyone says parents don’t want that but has APS done an actual survey? APE has an informal survey about whether “away for the day” should be the policy and it’s an overwhelming yes. Granted small sample size. I haven’t met anyone in real life who doesn’t support no cell phones in class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped teaching when children became distracted with phones. Parents don’t want to have them left at home, admin don’t want to enforce no phone policies, so what is the point of my even trying to compete with that?

*admin doesn’t

Everyone says parents don’t want that but has APS done an actual survey? APE has an informal survey about whether “away for the day” should be the policy and it’s an overwhelming yes. Granted small sample size. I haven’t met anyone in real life who doesn’t support no cell phones in class.

Then why don’t parents simply say “no phones at school” and have it stay home? Or get software to limit function at school. For instance our cell provider allows me to turn off data on my kids phone at any time remotely (but it still can call if needed).

If I had any inkling my kids were using phone in class, they would get a flip phone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher in a different county here.

I told my students (high schoolers) that I am not policing phones anymore. If they decide to ignore my instruction and spend time on their phones, that is on them. However, I will not reteach or reexplain anything to a student who was on their phone while I taught.

Directions and notes are always available online or on the board, so they can teach themselves when they finally decide to come up for air from the phone. Or, they can fail.

I am way less stressed and having way fewer arguments in class now.

I will never be able to make my class more interesting than TikTok or the endless amount of media out there, and I'm done trying to be.

Why not take their phones at the beginning of class?

Teachers do. There’s someone on this thread saying her child shouldn’t have to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped teaching when children became distracted with phones. Parents don’t want to have them left at home, admin don’t want to enforce no phone policies, so what is the point of my even trying to compete with that?

*admin doesn’t

Everyone says parents don’t want that but has APS done an actual survey? APE has an informal survey about whether “away for the day” should be the policy and it’s an overwhelming yes. Granted small sample size. I haven’t met anyone in real life who doesn’t support no cell phones in class.

Then why don’t parents simply say “no phones at school” and have it stay home? Or get software to limit function at school. For instance our cell provider allows me to turn off data on my kids phone at any time remotely (but it still can call if needed).

If I had any inkling my kids were using phone in class, they would get a flip phone.

Once your kid has been in a lock down, you will understand why parents want the phones on the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teacher in a different county here.

I told my students (high schoolers) that I am not policing phones anymore. If they decide to ignore my instruction and spend time on their phones, that is on them. However, I will not reteach or reexplain anything to a student who was on their phone while I taught.

Directions and notes are always available online or on the board, so they can teach themselves when they finally decide to come up for air from the phone. Or, they can fail.

I am way less stressed and having way fewer arguments in class now.

I will never be able to make my class more interesting than TikTok or the endless amount of media out there, and I'm done trying to be.

Why not take their phones at the beginning of class?

Because they don't voluntarily hand them over. I get cussed out and ignored, then I have to get into the power struggle with the student while the rest of the class is looking on.

Or I trip and drop the phone and even though it was already cracked, the kid blames me and I have to buy a new one.

Or the parents say I am not allowed to take their property because they need access to their kid at all times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped teaching when children became distracted with phones. Parents don’t want to have them left at home, admin don’t want to enforce no phone policies, so what is the point of my even trying to compete with that?

*admin doesn’t

Everyone says parents don’t want that but has APS done an actual survey? APE has an informal survey about whether “away for the day” should be the policy and it’s an overwhelming yes. Granted small sample size. I haven’t met anyone in real life who doesn’t support no cell phones in class.

Then why don’t parents simply say “no phones at school” and have it stay home? Or get software to limit function at school. For instance our cell provider allows me to turn off data on my kids phone at any time remotely (but it still can call if needed).

If I had any inkling my kids were using phone in class, they would get a flip phone.

Once your kid has been in a lock down, you will understand why parents want the phones on the kids.

Do APS schools have lockdowns that often? All a phone will do is likely give away their location by ringing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped teaching when children became distracted with phones. Parents don’t want to have them left at home, admin don’t want to enforce no phone policies, so what is the point of my even trying to compete with that?

*admin doesn’t

Everyone says parents don’t want that but has APS done an actual survey? APE has an informal survey about whether “away for the day” should be the policy and it’s an overwhelming yes. Granted small sample size. I haven’t met anyone in real life who doesn’t support no cell phones in class.

Then why don’t parents simply say “no phones at school” and have it stay home? Or get software to limit function at school. For instance our cell provider allows me to turn off data on my kids phone at any time remotely (but it still can call if needed).

If I had any inkling my kids were using phone in class, they would get a flip phone.

Once your kid has been in a lock down, you will understand why parents want the phones on the kids.

Do APS schools have lockdowns that often? All a phone will do is likely give away their location by ringing.

Silent mode - they know this. Ask any parent whose kid was sitting on a concrete floor for 4 hours last year how if their kid has a phone with them. I hope you never know the feeling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I stopped teaching when children became distracted with phones. Parents don’t want to have them left at home, admin don’t want to enforce no phone policies, so what is the point of my even trying to compete with that?

*admin doesn’t

Everyone says parents don’t want that but has APS done an actual survey? APE has an informal survey about whether “away for the day” should be the policy and it’s an overwhelming yes. Granted small sample size. I haven’t met anyone in real life who doesn’t support no cell phones in class.

Then why don’t parents simply say “no phones at school” and have it stay home? Or get software to limit function at school. For instance our cell provider allows me to turn off data on my kids phone at any time remotely (but it still can call if needed).

If I had any inkling my kids were using phone in class, they would get a flip phone.

Once your kid has been in a lock down, you will understand why parents want the phones on the kids.

Do APS schools have lockdowns that often? All a phone will do is likely give away their location by ringing.

Silent mode - they know this. Ask any parent whose kid was sitting on a concrete floor for 4 hours last year how if their kid has a phone with them. I hope you never know the feeling.

In actual school shootings do student phones helped police?