S/O opting out of school tech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to find a private school. I am a public school teacher and sought out a private school for my kids that doesn't use tech in the classrooms at all. K - 6. Tech in public schools is a disaster.

What school?

NP. But mine went to a Montessori K-6 school with very little tech. It was a wonderful experience for them and zero issues integrating into public middle school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach at a public school. Yes, you can opt out of school tech by either having your own device or submitting work on paper. Teachers will need to print a bunch of stuff, and it's likely you'd still need to look at a larger screen during class, but I doubt a school would force a child to use a device all the time, if the family didn't want it. These kind of accommodations are made often anyway for students who have concussions or migraines, and some students' IEPs require paper options. None of this is going to be super actively advertised to families as an option, but it's worth asking for if you want your kid on the screen less, which is totally understandable.

Thanks, this is what I was going for. I’d be willing to do the legwork for the teacher such as printing things out myself (not sure if that’s feasible though).

Why do you want to use up your opportunities to ask for something unusual in a public school on this? That's the real question. There will be all kinds of things your child really needs and having been a person who was banging on the door about this will make it harder to get anything else taken seriously.

The extreme overuse of screens is a serious issue in many public schools today, and it's entirely possible that this is in fact something that the OP's child "really needs."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to find a private school. I am a public school teacher and sought out a private school for my kids that doesn't use tech in the classrooms at all. K - 6. Tech in public schools is a disaster.

What school?

NP. But mine went to a Montessori K-6 school with very little tech. It was a wonderful experience for them and zero issues integrating into public middle school

Mine go to public school but thankfully the school didn’t issue chrome books until 6th grade then. Covid ruined everything.