New Policy: APS school board adopts all-day ban on student phone use, makes one exception

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love all the furor and exchanges on this topic before; but now that the policy has been voted on, the outrage seems to have evaporated.

what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love all the furor and exchanges on this topic before; but now that the policy has been voted on, the outrage seems to have evaporated.

It’s because people perceived it as an APE thing and that makes them go insane. I wouldn’t be surprised if some people who were initially against it or seeing a positive change in their students now that it’s being piloted at some school.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Still furor here in our family. We oppose it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Still furor here in our family. We oppose it.

Well, thank god the school board listened to the teachers who experienced the consequences of parental selfishness all day rather than the selfish parents who wanted/needed to communicate with their precious snowflake all day. It’s one of the few times I’ve thought they got it almost right recently. Should’ve fully banned them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love all the furor and exchanges on this topic before; but now that the policy has been voted on, the outrage seems to have evaporated.

It’s because people perceived it as an APE thing and that makes them go insane. I wouldn’t be surprised if some people who were initially against it or seeing a positive change in their students now that it’s being piloted at some school.

Nope it's all negative

Still very opposed to it, a loud minority of people are irrationally triggered by screens and screamed for this, but for some reason wouldn't take their own kids' phone away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Still furor here in our family. We oppose it.

Well, thank god the school board listened to the teachers who experienced the consequences of parental selfishness all day rather than the selfish parents who wanted/needed to communicate with their precious snowflake all day. It’s one of the few times I’ve thought they got it almost right recently. Should’ve fully banned them.

How about the selfish parents who wouldn't take their OWN kids' phone away, but pushed for a group punishment to ban the phones for the kids who were relying on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love all the furor and exchanges on this topic before; but now that the policy has been voted on, the outrage seems to have evaporated.

It’s because people perceived it as an APE thing and that makes them go insane. I wouldn’t be surprised if some people who were initially against it or seeing a positive change in their students now that it’s being piloted at some school.

Nice try. We perceived it as an APE thing because it WAS an APE thing.

[Anonymous]

The APEs still have little kids. Wait til their kids get older and get to high school and they realize what they don't know now. Kids in high school can't just whip out their ipad to do what phones can because oops they don't have one. And practice changed but coach can't get a message to them in high school and front office sure isn't going to deliver it.

And also wait til they see this policy won't do anything because all the things they complain about with phones are being done on APS ipads.

I look forward to their outrage, but they will just have themselves to blame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love all the furor and exchanges on this topic before; but now that the policy has been voted on, the outrage seems to have evaporated.

It’s because people perceived it as an APE thing and that makes them go insane. I wouldn’t be surprised if some people who were initially against it or seeing a positive change in their students now that it’s being piloted at some school.

Nope it's all negative

Still very opposed to it, a loud minority of people are irrationally triggered by screens and screamed for this, but for some reason wouldn't take their own kids' phone away.

Just put it to rest. It’s well documented.

https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2024/research/school-smartphone-ban-better-sleep/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The APEs still have little kids. Wait til their kids get older and get to high school and they realize what they don't know now. Kids in high school can't just whip out their ipad to do what phones can because oops they don't have one. And practice changed but coach can't get a message to them in high school and front office sure isn't going to deliver it.

And also wait til they see this policy won't do anything because all the things they complain about with phones are being done on APS ipads.

I look forward to their outrage, but they will just have themselves to blame.

What are you even talking about? Yes iPads can do a lot of things iPhones can, but it’s way harder to sneak it in the back row of a classroom in your lap.

Most iPads will be school issued and limit social media; if they don’t that’s an IT problem not a policy problem.

Practice changed! The horror! They won’t find out till the end of the day, when they actually need to know rather than in 2nd period algebra. Your examples don’t even make sense.

My kids are in high school, and we have friends at privates where phones are banned all day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The APEs still have little kids. Wait til their kids get older and get to high school and they realize what they don't know now. Kids in high school can't just whip out their ipad to do what phones can because oops they don't have one. And practice changed but coach can't get a message to them in high school and front office sure isn't going to deliver it.

And also wait til they see this policy won't do anything because all the things they complain about with phones are being done on APS ipads.

I look forward to their outrage, but they will just have themselves to blame.

I’m curious, are you college educated? What career do you have where you devalue the educational experience so much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The APEs still have little kids. Wait til their kids get older and get to high school and they realize what they don't know now. Kids in high school can't just whip out their ipad to do what phones can because oops they don't have one. And practice changed but coach can't get a message to them in high school and front office sure isn't going to deliver it.

And also wait til they see this policy won't do anything because all the things they complain about with phones are being done on APS ipads.

I look forward to their outrage, but they will just have themselves to blame.

I’m curious, are you college educated? What career do you have where you devalue the educational experience so much?

I'm curious, have you heard of parental controls on devices? Why do you assume cell phones devalue the education experience?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The APEs still have little kids. Wait til their kids get older and get to high school and they realize what they don't know now. Kids in high school can't just whip out their ipad to do what phones can because oops they don't have one. And practice changed but coach can't get a message to them in high school and front office sure isn't going to deliver it.

And also wait til they see this policy won't do anything because all the things they complain about with phones are being done on APS ipads.

I look forward to their outrage, but they will just have themselves to blame.

I’m curious, are you college educated? What career do you have where you devalue the educational experience so much?

I'm curious, have you heard of parental controls on devices? Why do you assume cell phones devalue the education experience?

Also I work in education. Cell phones are not the problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The APEs still have little kids. Wait til their kids get older and get to high school and they realize what they don't know now. Kids in high school can't just whip out their ipad to do what phones can because oops they don't have one. And practice changed but coach can't get a message to them in high school and front office sure isn't going to deliver it.

And also wait til they see this policy won't do anything because all the things they complain about with phones are being done on APS ipads.

I look forward to their outrage, but they will just have themselves to blame.

What are you even talking about? Yes iPads can do a lot of things iPhones can, but it’s way harder to sneak it in the back row of a classroom in your lap.

Most iPads will be school issued and limit social media; if they don’t that’s an IT problem not a policy problem.

Practice changed! The horror! They won’t find out till the end of the day, when they actually need to know rather than in 2nd period algebra. Your examples don’t even make sense.

honey we're not talking about in the classroom, APS already had away for instruction.
My kids are in high school, and we have friends at privates where phones are banned all day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The APEs still have little kids. Wait til their kids get older and get to high school and they realize what they don't know now. Kids in high school can't just whip out their ipad to do what phones can because oops they don't have one. And practice changed but coach can't get a message to them in high school and front office sure isn't going to deliver it.

And also wait til they see this policy won't do anything because all the things they complain about with phones are being done on APS ipads.

I look forward to their outrage, but they will just have themselves to blame.

What are you even talking about? Yes iPads can do a lot of things iPhones can, but it’s way harder to sneak it in the back row of a classroom in your lap.

Most iPads will be school issued and limit social media; if they don’t that’s an IT problem not a policy problem.

Practice changed! The horror! They won’t find out till the end of the day, when they actually need to know rather than in 2nd period algebra. Your examples don’t even make sense.

My kids are in high school, and we have friends at privates where phones are banned all day.

Are you really that unaware that your kid can get on social media on their APS devices or anything else they want to get on? Then again, this tracks, your kids is probably not gonna tell you with the way this stuff triggers you.