New cell phone policy for 2026-2027

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for the kids who sit alone and have no friends in their lunch period. They are the ones who now have to sit there looking around at other kids in groups.

And how exactly would staring at their phone during lunch develop their social skills? Maybe now they will look at a neighbor who is also sitting alone and figure out how to connect, develop their social skills, and improve their mental health. Screens are what got some kids into a pit of loneliness.

I applaud the district/state for trying to improve learning and connection, though I will miss being able to communicate a change in plans to my kid. Hope the main office is ready for the barrage of phone calls coming in to “please contact my kid about…”. And will they have a landline the kids can use to call home if needed? They can’t just cut parents off.

Every classroom and office has a landline in every school.

Kids will still turn their phones on immediately at the dismissal bell and see anything you’ve texted mid day, but schools also have always had procedures in place to contact kids in an urgent situation. I suspect once it is a smidgen of effort to contact kids, a lot of what seemed urgent to many of the parents will be able to wait until 3 pm.

It’s worked fine in middle schools where phones were completely restricted this year, it will work fine in high school too.

I'm a parent of a kid in another county with a ban. No the kids are not allowed to use the office phone or the classroom phones. If a parent calls the office with a message for your kid, they office policy is to EMAIL the kid. Which they will not get since they can't have their phones. It's a mess.

Clearly if there was a real emergency they would get ahold of your kid more quickly.

I applaud the school for emailing dumb sht like, “dad is going to pick you up instead of mom” or “don’t forget to walk the dog when you get home”. It can wait until 3:00 without issue.

Email can be accessed from laptops at lunch, texts can be read at 3:01.

you think laptops are out at lunch? no.

of course a true ER can get to my kid, but what about - the orthodontist can get you in at 1:30 pm to take care of that loose wire that's poking your cheek, so I will pick you up.

You go to the school and get the kid.

How is that confusing to you? Why are you pretending like that scenario is complex?

It literally states on the website that early dismissals need to be arranged ahead of time and that if you just show up icons to just prick your kid up it could take 20 minutes to actually get your kid. That wouldn’t work. And we need to hear back from our kid if it’s ok for them to miss a class. If they have a test we wouldn’t want to schedule the ortho appohtment then.

You have to arrange that with the SCHOOL, not your kid. You don't need to text your kid to arrange it with them, you have to let the school know. That does not involve texting. You are seeking validation for your flawed view.

For same day visits that would be impossible. You call in the am and get an appointment later in the day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

It’s their lunch period. They should be able to use their phones then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

That’s what I mean by the good kids are getting punished with this rule. My kid is not average. My kid has zero social media and no airbuds. My kid doesn’t have trouble focusing back in class. My kid is a straight A student. My kid should be able to text me at lunch or see a text from me at lunch period. I don’t care what you or the law says.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

That’s what I mean by the good kids are getting punished with this rule. My kid is not average. My kid has zero social media and no airbuds. My kid doesn’t have trouble focusing back in class. My kid is a straight A student. My kid should be able to text me at lunch or see a text from me at lunch period. I don’t care what you or the law says.

Unfortunately, schools (and laws) aren't meant to serve the unicorns and the rule followers. They're meant to serve the general public and the average individual to keep them from following the rules. It's great that your kid is where he is, but most aren't. And your kid is going to public school, where the responsibility for the school is to teach to the collective student body, not just your kid. A great option for your kid would be to have him be homeschooled, if you truly want an unique experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe if kid’s braces wire is bothering them, you talk in the morning before school.

“I’m going to call the orthodontist today to try to get you seen today or tomorrow. Are there any class periods that you absolutely don’t want to miss this week?”

Yup.

Short of an emergency, there is no need to text your child during the day. Non emergencies can be arranged ahead of time, emergencies will be handled by the school, non emergencies where you don't want to involve the school can be texted and your child can find out about them at 3:00.

When you sign the SR&R, you agree to play by the school's rules. If you don't want to do that, you need to find a different way to educate your child.

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Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

That’s what I mean by the good kids are getting punished with this rule. My kid is not average. My kid has zero social media and no airbuds. My kid doesn’t have trouble focusing back in class. My kid is a straight A student. My kid should be able to text me at lunch or see a text from me at lunch period. I don’t care what you or the law says.

"I'm not an average driver. I should be able to drive at 90 mph on the beltway because I can handle it."

Come on...rules are for the benefit of society as a whole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

That’s what I mean by the good kids are getting punished with this rule. My kid is not average. My kid has zero social media and no airbuds. My kid doesn’t have trouble focusing back in class. My kid is a straight A student. My kid should be able to text me at lunch or see a text from me at lunch period. I don’t care what you or the law says.

Unfortunately, schools (and laws) aren't meant to serve the unicorns and the rule followers. They're meant to serve the general public and the average individual to keep them from following the rules. It's great that your kid is where he is, but most aren't. And your kid is going to public school, where the responsibility for the school is to teach to the collective student body, not just your kid. A great option for your kid would be to have him be homeschooled, if you truly want a unique experience.

Homeschooling is not an option for our family. My kid needs the social interaction and I’m not qualified to teach my kid calculus or any other high school subject. Thanks for the completely unrealistic suggestion.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

That’s what I mean by the good kids are getting punished with this rule. My kid is not average. My kid has zero social media and no airbuds. My kid doesn’t have trouble focusing back in class. My kid is a straight A student. My kid should be able to text me at lunch or see a text from me at lunch period. I don’t care what you or the law says.

"I'm not an average driver. I should be able to drive at 90 mph on the beltway because I can handle it."

Come on...rules are for the benefit of society as a whole.

Checking a text at lunch is not anywhere near the same as driving at 90 mph. Your analogy fails here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

That’s what I mean by the good kids are getting punished with this rule. My kid is not average. My kid has zero social media and no airbuds. My kid doesn’t have trouble focusing back in class. My kid is a straight A student. My kid should be able to text me at lunch or see a text from me at lunch period. I don’t care what you or the law says.

Unfortunately, schools (and laws) aren't meant to serve the unicorns and the rule followers. They're meant to serve the general public and the average individual to keep them from following the rules. It's great that your kid is where he is, but most aren't. And your kid is going to public school, where the responsibility for the school is to teach to the collective student body, not just your kid. A great option for your kid would be to have him be homeschooled, if you truly want a unique experience.

Homeschooling is not an option for our family. My kid needs the social interaction and I’m not qualified to teach my kid calculus or any other high school subject. Thanks for the completely unrealistic suggestion.

Then your kid will follow those rules of the school. That’s the compromise, if you are unable to homeschool.

On another note, it’s 2026. Over half the kids that are homeschool are either receiving instruction from a tutor, doing an online program, or going to NVCC.

[Anonymous]

^^ I am specifically talking about highschoolers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

That’s what I mean by the good kids are getting punished with this rule. My kid is not average. My kid has zero social media and no airbuds. My kid doesn’t have trouble focusing back in class. My kid is a straight A student. My kid should be able to text me at lunch or see a text from me at lunch period. I don’t care what you or the law says.

Unfortunately, schools (and laws) aren't meant to serve the unicorns and the rule followers. They're meant to serve the general public and the average individual to keep them from following the rules. It's great that your kid is where he is, but most aren't. And your kid is going to public school, where the responsibility for the school is to teach to the collective student body, not just your kid. A great option for your kid would be to have him be homeschooled, if you truly want a unique experience.

Homeschooling is not an option for our family. My kid needs the social interaction and I’m not qualified to teach my kid calculus or any other high school subject. Thanks for the completely unrealistic suggestion.

Homeschooling doesn't mean you teach your kid. Thanks for completely not knowing how homeschooling works. But if phone usage during lunch is such a big deal for your family, it's the easiest solution to implement rather than say FCPS has to break the law by not implementing it just because your kid is special. The entitlement is a little much so I'm sure the apple isn't falling far from the tree.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

That’s what I mean by the good kids are getting punished with this rule. My kid is not average. My kid has zero social media and no airbuds. My kid doesn’t have trouble focusing back in class. My kid is a straight A student. My kid should be able to text me at lunch or see a text from me at lunch period. I don’t care what you or the law says.

Unfortunately, schools (and laws) aren't meant to serve the unicorns and the rule followers. They're meant to serve the general public and the average individual to keep them from following the rules. It's great that your kid is where he is, but most aren't. And your kid is going to public school, where the responsibility for the school is to teach to the collective student body, not just your kid. A great option for your kid would be to have him be homeschooled, if you truly want a unique experience.

Homeschooling is not an option for our family. My kid needs the social interaction and I’m not qualified to teach my kid calculus or any other high school subject. Thanks for the completely unrealistic suggestion.

Homeschooling doesn't mean you teach your kid. Thanks for completely not knowing how homeschooling works. But if phone usage during lunch is such a big deal for your family, it's the easiest solution to implement rather than say FCPS has to break the law by not implementing it just because your kid is special. The entitlement is a little much so I'm sure the apple isn't falling far from the tree.

If phone access during lunch is your most important criterion in selecting a school, perhaps you should look into having your child take classes at a community college instead?

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Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

That’s what I mean by the good kids are getting punished with this rule. My kid is not average. My kid has zero social media and no airbuds. My kid doesn’t have trouble focusing back in class. My kid is a straight A student. My kid should be able to text me at lunch or see a text from me at lunch period. I don’t care what you or the law says.

Unfortunately, schools (and laws) aren't meant to serve the unicorns and the rule followers. They're meant to serve the general public and the average individual to keep them from following the rules. It's great that your kid is where he is, but most aren't. And your kid is going to public school, where the responsibility for the school is to teach to the collective student body, not just your kid. A great option for your kid would be to have him be homeschooled, if you truly want a unique experience.

Homeschooling is not an option for our family. My kid needs the social interaction and I’m not qualified to teach my kid calculus or any other high school subject. Thanks for the completely unrealistic suggestion.

Homeschooling doesn't mean you teach your kid. Thanks for completely not knowing how homeschooling works. But if phone usage during lunch is such a big deal for your family, it's the easiest solution to implement rather than say FCPS has to break the law by not implementing it just because your kid is special. The entitlement is a little much so I'm sure the apple isn't falling far from the tree.

Why should I be expected to know about homeschooling when my kid isn’t homeschooled? How stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

That’s what I mean by the good kids are getting punished with this rule. My kid is not average. My kid has zero social media and no airbuds. My kid doesn’t have trouble focusing back in class. My kid is a straight A student. My kid should be able to text me at lunch or see a text from me at lunch period. I don’t care what you or the law says.

Unfortunately, schools (and laws) aren't meant to serve the unicorns and the rule followers. They're meant to serve the general public and the average individual to keep them from following the rules. It's great that your kid is where he is, but most aren't. And your kid is going to public school, where the responsibility for the school is to teach to the collective student body, not just your kid. A great option for your kid would be to have him be homeschooled, if you truly want a unique experience.

Homeschooling is not an option for our family. My kid needs the social interaction and I’m not qualified to teach my kid calculus or any other high school subject. Thanks for the completely unrealistic suggestion.

Homeschooling doesn't mean you teach your kid. Thanks for completely not knowing how homeschooling works. But if phone usage during lunch is such a big deal for your family, it's the easiest solution to implement rather than say FCPS has to break the law by not implementing it just because your kid is special. The entitlement is a little much so I'm sure the apple isn't falling far from the tree.

Why should I be expected to know about homeschooling when my kid isn’t homeschooled? How stupid.

My kid isn't homeschooled either but I know. Maybe because I'm not stupid. May be time you informed yourself about the social collective good of keeping cell phones out of schools. Lots of good information out there for you to tune yourself into, instead of relying on your unicorn child's high school effort as a predictor for success.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is disturbing how a significant number of parents on this thread are actively encouraging their children to break the cell phone policy. Worse yet, many are admitting to modeling sneaky behaviors to help their children bypass the rules entirely. ​Instead of supporting school staff, some parents are actively teaching their children how to operate in the shadows.

​Some parents admit to buying decoy phones for their children to hand over into classroom storage devices or Yondr pouches, allowing the child to keep their actual smartphone hidden in their pocket or backpack. When phones are successfully locked away, parents often condone use of alternative digital workarounds, such as using school-issued laptops to chat via shared Google Docs during lectures.

Some parents frequently text their children during school, expecting an immediate response, despite having full awareness of the "bell-to-bell" policy. When schools implement the state-mandated "bell-to-bell" ban, parents often balk, citing safety panics, despite the fact that every school has a front office fully equipped to relay emergency messages. ​By prioritizing their own anxiety or desire for constant contact over the school’s boundaries, parents are sending a clear, toxic message: Rules don't apply to us if they are inconvenient.

​Condoning and modeling the intentional breaking of school rules and state mandates is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

​When a parent helps a child smuggle a phone into class, they teach that child to view authority figures, such as teachers and administrators, not as leaders to respect, but as adversaries to outsmart. A child raised to believe they are above basic rules will struggle significantly when transitioning to higher education or "the real world," where defying policies carries swift, real-world consequences.

Like I said, it is, plain and simple, poor parenting.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK…IT’S JUST FOR LUNCH!

Get a grip!

The average high school student is not capable of switching back into focused school mode after staring at a phone screen for 30 minutes. The remainder of the class period after my lunch block is a nightmare of whining, behaviors, grumpiness, etc.

The most common use of the phone is not old school "check your text messages and put it away". It's check the alert, respond to mom's text, see a snapchat notification your friend sent from the bathroom, get sucked into writing messages back and forth for as long as friend can avoid being in class, navigate over to instagram, scroll for 15 minutes, and then put in earbuds and watch tiktok or youtube videos until the administrators shoo you out of the cafeteria. Then they come back to class (some, some detour to the bathroom to readjust their hair or hoods to try to hide the airpods they were using in the cafe before coming back) and I ask them to focus to do a task and they are detoxing from screens and they can't do it.

It isn't just getting a message from mom.

+1

100% this!