Banning and confiscating phones?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also in mcps, if you take a phone and a kid gets violent, odds are a security guy will never shown up. It's scary.

I guess you should be stealing their private property then.

Not stealing. Storing until a parent picks it up.

Sounds like theft to me because they do not have the authority to confiscate private property.

The student handbook - that students sign an agreement to follow - prohibit cell phones and allow schools to confiscate them.

Making a minor sign such an agreement isn't binding. Further, they have no obligation to do so. It is not required to attend public school.

When the government confiscates private property it's un-American and illegal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also in mcps, if you take a phone and a kid gets violent, odds are a security guy will never shown up. It's scary.

I guess you should be stealing their private property then.

Not stealing. Storing until a parent picks it up.

Sounds like theft to me because they do not have the authority to confiscate private property.

The student handbook - that students sign an agreement to follow - prohibit cell phones and allow schools to confiscate them.

Making a minor sign such an agreement isn't binding. Further, they have no obligation to do so. It is not required to attend public school.

When the government confiscates private property it's un-American and illegal.

Which wireless carrier do you work for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also in mcps, if you take a phone and a kid gets violent, odds are a security guy will never shown up. It's scary.

I guess you should be stealing their private property then.

Not stealing. Storing until a parent picks it up.

Sounds like theft to me because they do not have the authority to confiscate private property.

The student handbook - that students sign an agreement to follow - prohibit cell phones and allow schools to confiscate them.

Making a minor sign such an agreement isn't binding. Further, they have no obligation to do so. It is not required to attend public school.

When the government confiscates private property it's un-American and illegal.

Government confiscating private property is downright commonist!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also in mcps, if you take a phone and a kid gets violent, odds are a security guy will never shown up. It's scary.

I guess you should be stealing their private property then.

Not stealing. Storing until a parent picks it up.

Sounds like theft to me because they do not have the authority to confiscate private property.

The student handbook - that students sign an agreement to follow - prohibit cell phones and allow schools to confiscate them.

Making a minor sign such an agreement isn't binding. Further, they have no obligation to do so. It is not required to attend public school.

When the government confiscates private property it's un-American and illegal.

I dunno. Minors seem to be able to sign public policy with large budgets into effect as SMOB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also in mcps, if you take a phone and a kid gets violent, odds are a security guy will never shown up. It's scary.

I guess you should be stealing their private property then.

Not stealing. Storing until a parent picks it up.

Sounds like theft to me because they do not have the authority to confiscate private property.

The student handbook - that students sign an agreement to follow - prohibit cell phones and allow schools to confiscate them.

Making a minor sign such an agreement isn't binding. Further, they have no obligation to do so. It is not required to attend public school.

When the government confiscates private property it's un-American and illegal.

I dunno. Minors seem to be able to sign public policy with large budgets into effect as SMOB

Interesting, but nevertheless, contracts signed by minors are not legally binding.

[Anonymous]

If schools aren’t likely to do anything when a parent complains about legit violence, it’s safe to assume they won’t challenge you if you demand they return your kid’s phone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If schools aren’t likely to do anything when a parent complains about legit violence, it’s safe to assume they won’t challenge you if you demand they return your kid’s phone.

Well, that's not surprising since it's not the school's job to enforce assault laws; that would be MCPD and the courts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If schools aren’t likely to do anything when a parent complains about legit violence, it’s safe to assume they won’t challenge you if you demand they return your kid’s phone.

Well, that's not surprising since it's not the school's job to enforce assault laws; that would be MCPD and the courts.

Sigh.

If your little kid gets punched at school, you flag it at school. They won’t do much besides talk to the violent kid. The kid won’t get suspended. The school won’t call the police. If you call the police, they won’t do anything due to the age of the kid. Ditto for middle school and typically the case for high school.

The school administrators try to avoid conflict. That’s why it shouldn’t be an issue to demand your phone back…even if your kid threw it at a teacher before yelling obscenities and kicking them in the shin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If schools aren’t likely to do anything when a parent complains about legit violence, it’s safe to assume they won’t challenge you if you demand they return your kid’s phone.

Well, that's not surprising since it's not the school's job to enforce assault laws; that would be MCPD and the courts.

Sigh.

If your little kid gets punched at school, you flag it at school. They won’t do much besides talk to the violent kid. The kid won’t get suspended. The school won’t call the police. If you call the police, they won’t do anything due to the age of the kid. Ditto for middle school and typically the case for high school.

The school administrators try to avoid conflict. That’s why it shouldn’t be an issue to demand your phone back…even if your kid threw it at a teacher before yelling obscenities and kicking them in the shin.

If a violent kid punches your kid at the shopping mall, you call the cops. We have laws to deal with this that don't involve schools. They have their hands full already trying to educate children. You can't expect them to take responsibility for law enforcement too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If schools aren’t likely to do anything when a parent complains about legit violence, it’s safe to assume they won’t challenge you if you demand they return your kid’s phone.

Well, that's not surprising since it's not the school's job to enforce assault laws; that would be MCPD and the courts.

Sigh.

If your little kid gets punched at school, you flag it at school. They won’t do much besides talk to the violent kid. The kid won’t get suspended. The school won’t call the police. If you call the police, they won’t do anything due to the age of the kid. Ditto for middle school and typically the case for high school.

The school administrators try to avoid conflict. That’s why it shouldn’t be an issue to demand your phone back…even if your kid threw it at a teacher before yelling obscenities and kicking them in the shin.

If a violent kid punches your kid at the shopping mall, you call the cops. We have laws to deal with this that don't involve schools. They have their hands full already trying to educate children. You can't expect them to take responsibility for law enforcement too.

Pretty sure parents have commented on other recent threads about the police not proceeding with charges due to the age of kids involved at school even when the parents contacted the police directly.

While 10 year olds aren’t typically assaulted by another kid at the mall, they are assaulted at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No way would I send my kid to school without a phone for many reasons as they need it to communicate with us. It’s not like schools have pay phones still.

Prevailing attitude of parents in this county. No way, don't say no to my kid.


NONE of us went to school with a cell phone. How did we manage?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No way would I send my kid to school without a phone for many reasons as they need it to communicate with us. It’s not like schools have pay phones still.

Prevailing attitude of parents in this county. No way, don't say no to my kid.


NONE of us went to school with a cell phone. How did we manage?

We had to pay for phones to call our parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also in mcps, if you take a phone and a kid gets violent, odds are a security guy will never shown up. It's scary.

I guess you should be stealing their private property then.

Not stealing. Storing until a parent picks it up.

Sounds like theft to me because they do not have the authority to confiscate private property.

The student handbook - that students sign an agreement to follow - prohibit cell phones and allow schools to confiscate them.

Making a minor sign such an agreement isn't binding. Further, they have no obligation to do so. It is not required to attend public school.

When the government confiscates private property it's un-American and illegal.

I dunno. Minors seem to be able to sign public policy with large budgets into effect as SMOB

Interesting, but nevertheless, contracts signed by minors are not legally binding.

Well, OK. Kid has phone out when they shouldn't, doesn't hand it over, then gets sent to the office to await parents to pick them up. That's a so much better solution for the kid.