Yondr Pouches at Deal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Years of posts on DCUM about how deal is too lax with student behaviors

Deal enacts a very logical cell phone policy to try and curb distractions.

DCUM complains

Hum no, one person complains, everybody else is thrilled. My kid is going from Deal to JR and i hope some system is enforced there too (older kid just left JR and in the last year she mostly kept her phone all day, which was very bad for a kid prone to distraction)

[Anonymous]

What about smart watches? My DS does not have a cell phone but does have an apple watch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about smart watches? My DS does not have a cell phone but does have an apple watch.

Her email said smart watches and air pods have to be in there too.

[Anonymous]

Thrilled! Hope high school follows this example!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. How are 1500 kids going to unlock phones at the end of the day? Dismissal will take 45 minutes to cycle everyone through.

Your child can get home faster if you don’t send them with a phone at all. Problem solved.

My child should be punished because other kids can't control themselves around their phones? Why? Why should she have to stand in a thundershower not knowing when the next bus is due because some other kid can't stop playing games during math class? Why should she have to miss a practice that was rescheduled last minute because she had to come home and then go straight back to school because she didn't get the message in time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. How are 1500 kids going to unlock phones at the end of the day? Dismissal will take 45 minutes to cycle everyone through.

Your child can get home faster if you don’t send them with a phone at all. Problem solved.

My child should be punished because other kids can't control themselves around their phones? Why? Why should she have to stand in a thundershower not knowing when the next bus is due because some other kid can't stop playing games during math class? Why should she have to miss a practice that was rescheduled last minute because she had to come home and then go straight back to school because she didn't get the message in time?

A school is a community. If you don’t want your child to be a part of a community, you should homeschool them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought someone else would have posted this by now, but really? They're going to issue each kid a Yondr pouch, require daily use, and CONFISCATE phones for a whole term if not used? I can't even imagine how many kids are going to miss buses because they have to wait to unlock their pouch. This is what DCPS spends money on.

Don’t Deal students take metro/metrobus? If you miss one bus, you just take the next one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Years of posts on DCUM about how deal is too lax with student behaviors

Deal enacts a very logical cell phone policy to try and curb distractions.

DCUM complains

No, no, they meant too lax with OTHER people’s kids, not their own special snowflakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. How are 1500 kids going to unlock phones at the end of the day? Dismissal will take 45 minutes to cycle everyone through.

Your child can get home faster if you don’t send them with a phone at all. Problem solved.

My child should be punished because other kids can't control themselves around their phones? Why? Why should she have to stand in a thundershower not knowing when the next bus is due because some other kid can't stop playing games during math class? Why should she have to miss a practice that was rescheduled last minute because she had to come home and then go straight back to school because she didn't get the message in time?

Thundershower? Also, why can’t your kid just ask the coach rather than going home and then back to school in your histrionic hypothetical?

[Anonymous]

Why would the kid be standing outside waiting for a bus without their phone? I thought the point was to keep phones away while they are in class.

[Anonymous]

Do all DCPS students get to benefit from this new tech policy, or just the rich ones in W2 and W3?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous. How are 1500 kids going to unlock phones at the end of the day? Dismissal will take 45 minutes to cycle everyone through.

Your child can get home faster if you don’t send them with a phone at all. Problem solved.

My child should be punished because other kids can't control themselves around their phones? Why? Why should she have to stand in a thundershower not knowing when the next bus is due because some other kid can't stop playing games during math class? Why should she have to miss a practice that was rescheduled last minute because she had to come home and then go straight back to school because she didn't get the message in time?

Isn't the idea that they unlock it once the school day ends? Why wouldn't they check the bus schedule or practice schedule then? They don't have to keep it locked till they get home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do all DCPS students get to benefit from this new tech policy, or just the rich ones in W2 and W3?

Check your school. Then you will know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought someone else would have posted this by now, but really? They're going to issue each kid a Yondr pouch, require daily use, and CONFISCATE phones for a whole term if not used? I can't even imagine how many kids are going to miss buses because they have to wait to unlock their pouch. This is what DCPS spends money on.

Don’t Deal students take metro/metrobus? If you miss one bus, you just take the next one.

Many Deal students take bus and metro. The most popular buses are the D31/D32/D33/D34. These buses leave Deal about 20 mins after school dismissal. Only one, the 34, runs a late route. The others run one time west in the AM and one time east in the PM. They do not circulate all day or even during rush hour like many other routes. So if you miss the bus, you can’t just take the next one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought someone else would have posted this by now, but really? They're going to issue each kid a Yondr pouch, require daily use, and CONFISCATE phones for a whole term if not used? I can't even imagine how many kids are going to miss buses because they have to wait to unlock their pouch. This is what DCPS spends money on.

Don’t Deal students take metro/metrobus? If you miss one bus, you just take the next one.

Many Deal students take bus and metro. The most popular buses are the D31/D32/D33/D34. These buses leave Deal about 20 mins after school dismissal. Only one, the 34, runs a late route. The others run one time west in the AM and one time east in the PM. They do not circulate all day or even during rush hour like many other routes. So if you miss the bus, you can’t just take the next one.

How on Earth did kids manage without phones just a few years ago? Seriously, my kids went to Deal not too long ago and almost no one had phones before 8th grade. You kid will be fine.