Banning phones in school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are absolutely the problem and to blame. And now schools are being blamed for the poor attention, learning, and lack of meaningful socialization so they want schools to fix the issue by banning phones. Most schools already have a policy for putting phones away, but now they will have to invest in pouches and a lock boxes to manage the fix.

Meanwhile budget cuts.

Schools are blamed because:

1. They a policy on paper but don't enforce
2. Some teachers encourage phone use despite the written policy because they want to be the "cool teacher" or don't want to come up with something else to fill the down time once busywork is done
3. School systems make each individual school come up with their own way of handling the issue without giving additional resources to make enforcement effective

Private schools don't have this problem because they implement phone bans and follow through.

Schools don't have the authority to confiscate private property.

Sure they do. Schools do have the authority to set and enforce rules and confiscate items that are dangerous or get in the way of order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents are absolutely the problem and to blame. And now schools are being blamed for the poor attention, learning, and lack of meaningful socialization so they want schools to fix the issue by banning phones. Most schools already have a policy for putting phones away, but now they will have to invest in pouches and a lock boxes to manage the fix.

Meanwhile budget cuts.

Schools are blamed because:

1. They a policy on paper but don't enforce
2. Some teachers encourage phone use despite the written policy because they want to be the "cool teacher" or don't want to come up with something else to fill the down time once busywork is done
3. School systems make each individual school come up with their own way of handling the issue without giving additional resources to make enforcement effective

Private schools don't have this problem because they implement phone bans and follow through.

Schools don't have the authority to confiscate private property.

Sure they do. Schools do have the authority to set and enforce rules and confiscate items that are dangerous or get in the way of order.

Yes, but that doesn't extend to confiscating personal property. That's called theft and someone is going to press charges.

[Anonymous]

My kids have phone for my needs so I can track and contact them. It has lots of restrictions on it. I am fine with teachers taking the phone if misused and I’ll get it after school hand directly to me with consequences at home.

[Anonymous]

They're banned from our MCPS MS. If students use them during thr school day they get confiscated, can't get it back until dismissal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents are absolutely the problem and to blame. And now schools are being blamed for the poor attention, learning, and lack of meaningful socialization so they want schools to fix the issue by banning phones. Most schools already have a policy for putting phones away, but now they will have to invest in pouches and a lock boxes to manage the fix.

Meanwhile budget cuts.

Schools are blamed because:

1. They a policy on paper but don't enforce
2. Some teachers encourage phone use despite the written policy because they want to be the "cool teacher" or don't want to come up with something else to fill the down time once busywork is done
3. School systems make each individual school come up with their own way of handling the issue without giving additional resources to make enforcement effective

Private schools don't have this problem because they implement phone bans and follow through.

Schools don't have the authority to confiscate private property.

Sure they do. Schools do have the authority to set and enforce rules and confiscate items that are dangerous or get in the way of order.

Yes, but that doesn't extend to confiscating personal property. That's called theft and someone is going to press charges.

Schools are not confiscating they are giving them to parents (the actual owners of the devices). The main issue is that schools get blamed if the devices get broken or stolen while in the schools possession. For example, I have seen students steal phones collected for an exam and the teacher got blamed. The school had to pay up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We really need the school boards and politicians to force the no phone policy. School based admin just doesn’t want to deal with it. Teachers don’t have enough support on the issue from students, admin and parents.

LOLZ you Luddites are so dumb

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents are absolutely the problem and to blame. And now schools are being blamed for the poor attention, learning, and lack of meaningful socialization so they want schools to fix the issue by banning phones. Most schools already have a policy for putting phones away, but now they will have to invest in pouches and a lock boxes to manage the fix.

Meanwhile budget cuts.

Schools are blamed because:

1. They a policy on paper but don't enforce
2. Some teachers encourage phone use despite the written policy because they want to be the "cool teacher" or don't want to come up with something else to fill the down time once busywork is done
3. School systems make each individual school come up with their own way of handling the issue without giving additional resources to make enforcement effective

Private schools don't have this problem because they implement phone bans and follow through.

Schools don't have the authority to confiscate private property.

Sure they do. Schools do have the authority to set and enforce rules and confiscate items that are dangerous or get in the way of order.

Yes, but that doesn't extend to confiscating personal property. That's called theft and someone is going to press charges.

That's not theft and this is why kids are so out of control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents are absolutely the problem and to blame. And now schools are being blamed for the poor attention, learning, and lack of meaningful socialization so they want schools to fix the issue by banning phones. Most schools already have a policy for putting phones away, but now they will have to invest in pouches and a lock boxes to manage the fix.

Meanwhile budget cuts.

Schools are blamed because:

1. They a policy on paper but don't enforce
2. Some teachers encourage phone use despite the written policy because they want to be the "cool teacher" or don't want to come up with something else to fill the down time once busywork is done
3. School systems make each individual school come up with their own way of handling the issue without giving additional resources to make enforcement effective

Private schools don't have this problem because they implement phone bans and follow through.

Schools don't have the authority to confiscate private property.

Sure they do. Schools do have the authority to set and enforce rules and confiscate items that are dangerous or get in the way of order.

Yes, but that doesn't extend to confiscating personal property. That's called theft and someone is going to press charges.

That's not theft and this is why kids are so out of control.

When a person forcibly takes your property it sure is theft. I'd report this to MCPD ASAP and press charges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They're banned from our MCPS MS. If students use them during thr school day they get confiscated, can't get it back until dismissal.

wow I'm shocked that some parents didn't complain about this and raise a stink to CO. What MS is this?

I wish our HS did this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents are absolutely the problem and to blame. And now schools are being blamed for the poor attention, learning, and lack of meaningful socialization so they want schools to fix the issue by banning phones. Most schools already have a policy for putting phones away, but now they will have to invest in pouches and a lock boxes to manage the fix.

Meanwhile budget cuts.

Schools are blamed because:

1. They a policy on paper but don't enforce
2. Some teachers encourage phone use despite the written policy because they want to be the "cool teacher" or don't want to come up with something else to fill the down time once busywork is done
3. School systems make each individual school come up with their own way of handling the issue without giving additional resources to make enforcement effective

Private schools don't have this problem because they implement phone bans and follow through.

Schools don't have the authority to confiscate private property.

Sure they do. Schools do have the authority to set and enforce rules and confiscate items that are dangerous or get in the way of order.

Yes, but that doesn't extend to confiscating personal property. That's called theft and someone is going to press charges.

That's not theft and this is why kids are so out of control.

When a person forcibly takes your property it sure is theft. I'd report this to MCPD ASAP and press charges.

Ridiculous. Schools aren't a democracy, and person freedoms don't apply.

If a kid brings a toy to school that distracts other kids as well as themselves, the teacher can take it away.

[Anonymous]

I’m fine with kids having phones, but when I gave my 6th grader one this year I locked it down from 8-3 so it can’t be used during school (except to call me in an emergency). The problem is most parents don’t realize they can do this or don’t care.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went from ES to MS this past year and phones are the reason I'm leaving education altogether. Barely any kid had a phone in ES and if they did, they left them in their backpacks. MS students live on their phones. They cannot function for less than two minutes without them and our principal was no help in the matter. "They are addicted and you can't just take away an addict's fix." It definitely needs to be addressed at a system level because each principal is going to have their own opinions on how to deal with them..and some principals obviously don't have the greatest decision making skills based on my own experience.

+1000
Another teacher here and in particular MS is the biggest problem. The kids cannot manage themselves and it just amplifies the usual MS drama.

I think that all MS should use the yondr pouches all day. Kids put them in at start of day and they are locked all day including lunch and passing times. Kids can unlock the pouches when they leave at the end of the day.

Right now kids are losing the ability to interact with each other because they are so phone addicted. Remove the phone and they have to talk to peers. Bonus is that with phones locked all day maybe parents won’t give in to peer pressure and hold off on getting their kid a phone until high school.

PP how many of your colleagues do you think, if polled, would agree with you?

Psychologist who works at a middle school here! I absolutely agree with this teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents are absolutely the problem and to blame. And now schools are being blamed for the poor attention, learning, and lack of meaningful socialization so they want schools to fix the issue by banning phones. Most schools already have a policy for putting phones away, but now they will have to invest in pouches and a lock boxes to manage the fix.

Meanwhile budget cuts.

Schools are blamed because:

1. They a policy on paper but don't enforce
2. Some teachers encourage phone use despite the written policy because they want to be the "cool teacher" or don't want to come up with something else to fill the down time once busywork is done
3. School systems make each individual school come up with their own way of handling the issue without giving additional resources to make enforcement effective

Private schools don't have this problem because they implement phone bans and follow through.

Schools don't have the authority to confiscate private property.

Sure they do. Schools do have the authority to set and enforce rules and confiscate items that are dangerous or get in the way of order.

I work at a middle school and do many classroom observations as part of my job.


Teachers do not touch students phone because they are liable if there is any damage to the phone. Basically, they just tell the kid to put the phone away if they are using it in class. Sometimes the kid will ignore them and keep playing on the phone and sometimes the kid will put the phone away for a few minutes and then get back on it and keep doing what they were doing!

I put my kid in private school where there are phone rules that teachers are able to enforce.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents are absolutely the problem and to blame. And now schools are being blamed for the poor attention, learning, and lack of meaningful socialization so they want schools to fix the issue by banning phones. Most schools already have a policy for putting phones away, but now they will have to invest in pouches and a lock boxes to manage the fix.

Meanwhile budget cuts.

Schools are blamed because:

1. They a policy on paper but don't enforce
2. Some teachers encourage phone use despite the written policy because they want to be the "cool teacher" or don't want to come up with something else to fill the down time once busywork is done
3. School systems make each individual school come up with their own way of handling the issue without giving additional resources to make enforcement effective

Private schools don't have this problem because they implement phone bans and follow through.

Schools don't have the authority to confiscate private property.

Sure they do. Schools do have the authority to set and enforce rules and confiscate items that are dangerous or get in the way of order.

Yes, but that doesn't extend to confiscating personal property. That's called theft and someone is going to press charges.

That's not theft and this is why kids are so out of control.

When a person forcibly takes your property it sure is theft. I'd report this to MCPD ASAP and press charges.

Here's an idea. Kids hand them over and if they don't, first offense is detention, second is suspension. I have no issue if a teacher takes my kid's phone, , calls me and gives it to the office for me to pick up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents are absolutely the problem and to blame. And now schools are being blamed for the poor attention, learning, and lack of meaningful socialization so they want schools to fix the issue by banning phones. Most schools already have a policy for putting phones away, but now they will have to invest in pouches and a lock boxes to manage the fix.

Meanwhile budget cuts.

Schools are blamed because:

1. They a policy on paper but don't enforce
2. Some teachers encourage phone use despite the written policy because they want to be the "cool teacher" or don't want to come up with something else to fill the down time once busywork is done
3. School systems make each individual school come up with their own way of handling the issue without giving additional resources to make enforcement effective

Private schools don't have this problem because they implement phone bans and follow through.

Schools don't have the authority to confiscate private property.

Sure they do. Schools do have the authority to set and enforce rules and confiscate items that are dangerous or get in the way of order.

Yes, but that doesn't extend to confiscating personal property. That's called theft and someone is going to press charges.

That's not theft and this is why kids are so out of control.

When a person forcibly takes your property it sure is theft. I'd report this to MCPD ASAP and press charges.

You do this, but sure to have a stop watch handy, because I'm curious exactly how long the police will laugh at you.