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

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Anonymous wrote:my child said at elementary school, they aren't even allowed to wear apple watches in class anymore.

WTH, elementary kids had cellular Apple Watches in class? Are they calling Ubers or something?

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Anonymous wrote:I'll never get my senior to go back to school now haha. Not that it really matters.

My senior is very grateful for the ability to leave at lunch. They used to go out maybe once or twice a week, but after yesterday's lunch being dominated by someone yelling on a microphone all period, staying at school for lunch to socialize with friends doesn't seem so enjoyable anymore.

Is this related to the phone policy?

Yes. Yesterday was the first day back after the bell-to-bell ban took effect. The microphone yielding staff used the microphone to constantly repeat that no one could have a phone or any phone accessories out. It was a miserable lunch.

What school was this? I’m all for bell to bell ban, but that is an odd choice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll never get my senior to go back to school now haha. Not that it really matters.

My senior is very grateful for the ability to leave at lunch. They used to go out maybe once or twice a week, but after yesterday's lunch being dominated by someone yelling on a microphone all period, staying at school for lunch to socialize with friends doesn't seem so enjoyable anymore.

That’s just what he is telling you why he left; he wanted to use his phone so left campus. Good thing he’s not addicted. I’m sure there was like one announcement as beginning of lunch, let’s be real.

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Anonymous wrote:I'll never get my senior to go back to school now haha. Not that it really matters.

My senior is very grateful for the ability to leave at lunch. They used to go out maybe once or twice a week, but after yesterday's lunch being dominated by someone yelling on a microphone all period, staying at school for lunch to socialize with friends doesn't seem so enjoyable anymore.

That’s just what he is telling you why he left; he wanted to use his phone so left campus. Good thing he’s not addicted. I’m sure there was like one announcement as beginning of lunch, let’s be real.

Nope. My DC and their friends all stayed yesterday b/c they were looking forward to seeing friends they hadn't seen over break. This story was corroborated by others in the same lunch period. I hope your kid had a better experience. If so, they weren't in the late lunch at my DC's high school.

[Anonymous]

I asked my kid how it went. He’s at WL. I reminded him that it’s the policy and he said “I never used my phone during the day anyway. The teachers are just being bigger d*cks about it now and standing in the hallway yelling at us to put phones away.”

None of this means he’s paying more attention - he’s on his laptop listening to Spotify and watching YouTube.

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Anonymous wrote:I asked my kid how it went. He’s at WL. I reminded him that it’s the policy and he said “I never used my phone during the day anyway. The teachers are just being bigger d*cks about it now and standing in the hallway yelling at us to put phones away.”

None of this means he’s paying more attention - he’s on his laptop listening to Spotify and watching YouTube.

So you’ve failed as a parent and you’re announcing it? What an odd choice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll never get my senior to go back to school now haha. Not that it really matters.

My senior is very grateful for the ability to leave at lunch. They used to go out maybe once or twice a week, but after yesterday's lunch being dominated by someone yelling on a microphone all period, staying at school for lunch to socialize with friends doesn't seem so enjoyable anymore.

The anti-cell phone crazies have driven kids off campus with their cell phone ban. Well done crazy people.

What does someone yelling on a microphone during lunch have to do with the cell phone ban? It's the yeller on the microphone that drove them out, not the cell phone ban.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll never get my senior to go back to school now haha. Not that it really matters.

My senior is very grateful for the ability to leave at lunch. They used to go out maybe once or twice a week, but after yesterday's lunch being dominated by someone yelling on a microphone all period, staying at school for lunch to socialize with friends doesn't seem so enjoyable anymore.

That’s just what he is telling you why he left; he wanted to use his phone so left campus. Good thing he’s not addicted. I’m sure there was like one announcement as beginning of lunch, let’s be real.

Nope. My DC and their friends all stayed yesterday b/c they were looking forward to seeing friends they hadn't seen over break. This story was corroborated by others in the same lunch period. I hope your kid had a better experience. If so, they weren't in the late lunch at my DC's high school.

So there will be a few miserable lunches. The Megaphone blast won't last forever....if the kids keep their phones away.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll never get my senior to go back to school now haha. Not that it really matters.

My senior is very grateful for the ability to leave at lunch. They used to go out maybe once or twice a week, but after yesterday's lunch being dominated by someone yelling on a microphone all period, staying at school for lunch to socialize with friends doesn't seem so enjoyable anymore.

The anti-cell phone crazies have driven kids off campus with their cell phone ban. Well done crazy people.

Right. High schools do have discretion as to when students can use phones and there isn't a good reason why the cafeteria at lunch isn't one of those times.

The old policy - no phones allowed in class (unless with teacher permission), phones allowed in halls and lunch was good.

Now with the all day ban, the crazies won, and the kids lost.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll never get my senior to go back to school now haha. Not that it really matters.

My senior is very grateful for the ability to leave at lunch. They used to go out maybe once or twice a week, but after yesterday's lunch being dominated by someone yelling on a microphone all period, staying at school for lunch to socialize with friends doesn't seem so enjoyable anymore.

That’s just what he is telling you why he left; he wanted to use his phone so left campus. Good thing he’s not addicted. I’m sure there was like one announcement as beginning of lunch, let’s be real.

Nope. My DC and their friends all stayed yesterday b/c they were looking forward to seeing friends they hadn't seen over break. This story was corroborated by others in the same lunch period. I hope your kid had a better experience. If so, they weren't in the late lunch at my DC's high school.

So there will be a few miserable lunches. The Megaphone blast won't last forever....if the kids keep their phones away.

You're fine with the kids being miserable? Remind me again, didn't you claim this was needed for mental health and kids well being?

Thanks for showing us you don't care about that, you're just irrationally triggered by kids being on their phones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll never get my senior to go back to school now haha. Not that it really matters.

My senior is very grateful for the ability to leave at lunch. They used to go out maybe once or twice a week, but after yesterday's lunch being dominated by someone yelling on a microphone all period, staying at school for lunch to socialize with friends doesn't seem so enjoyable anymore.

The anti-cell phone crazies have driven kids off campus with their cell phone ban. Well done crazy people.

What does someone yelling on a microphone during lunch have to do with the cell phone ban? It's the yeller on the microphone that drove them out, not the cell phone ban.

omg, this made my day. sure, you don't see the connection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my child said at elementary school, they aren't even allowed to wear apple watches in class anymore.

And then we have a certain teacher on AEM telling us all to buy our kids analog watches. I am not going out to buy a watch that we do not want or need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll never get my senior to go back to school now haha. Not that it really matters.

My senior is very grateful for the ability to leave at lunch. They used to go out maybe once or twice a week, but after yesterday's lunch being dominated by someone yelling on a microphone all period, staying at school for lunch to socialize with friends doesn't seem so enjoyable anymore.

The anti-cell phone crazies have driven kids off campus with their cell phone ban. Well done crazy people.

What does someone yelling on a microphone during lunch have to do with the cell phone ban? It's the yeller on the microphone that drove them out, not the cell phone ban.

omg, this made my day. sure, you don't see the connection.

Based on that one comment, no. The person did not originally explain why someone was yelling into a microphone all through lunch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'll never get my senior to go back to school now haha. Not that it really matters.

My senior is very grateful for the ability to leave at lunch. They used to go out maybe once or twice a week, but after yesterday's lunch being dominated by someone yelling on a microphone all period, staying at school for lunch to socialize with friends doesn't seem so enjoyable anymore.

That’s just what he is telling you why he left; he wanted to use his phone so left campus. Good thing he’s not addicted. I’m sure there was like one announcement as beginning of lunch, let’s be real.

Nope. My DC and their friends all stayed yesterday b/c they were looking forward to seeing friends they hadn't seen over break. This story was corroborated by others in the same lunch period. I hope your kid had a better experience. If so, they weren't in the late lunch at my DC's high school.

So there will be a few miserable lunches. The Megaphone blast won't last forever....if the kids keep their phones away.

You're fine with the kids being miserable? Remind me again, didn't you claim this was needed for mental health and kids well being?

Thanks for showing us you don't care about that, you're just irrationally triggered by kids being on their phones.

Actually, no. I didn't.
I ONLY said the megaphone blasting won't go on forever if kids follow the rule.
And if you think a few lunches with amplified "no phone" reminders is the only time kids are miserable in high school, you are blissfully ignorant and clearly unaware of all the other things happening/rules making kids "miserable"; or all the times other students are obnoxious and making students miserable.
Sure, I'm fine with kids being "miserable' once in a while. It's good for them. It's life. "Life, liberty and the PURSUIT of happiness".....not entitled constant and nothing-but happiness.

[Anonymous]

Bell to bell is not all day. They should go for all day.