Storage Pouches for APS High Schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How much did this cost APS?

Asking parents if they agree with "phones away for the day" is not the same as asking if we're cool with a multimillion dumb phone pouch.

APS is spending $115,750 to buy pouches from Yondr for all of the high schools next year.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

Why can’t they keep their phone in the car they are driving? Some cars have built in internet in fact.

Now we know your kid is in elementary school.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

I know the world has changed, but somehow 25 years ago we were able to drive to school and then work with no phone and it was totally fine.

Soooo tired of this line. Expectations were different then, too. My HS kid literally finds out his work schedule via his boss texting him. Sometimes there’s a schedule change to his sports or band that’s communicated after the school day starts, and I need to tell him to take the bus home after all, or whatever.

I’m not suggesting he should have a phone out in class, but yes “the world has changed.” There are good reasons for a HS kid to have a with them phone before/after school, and for emergencies. I am a proponent of away during class, but I think the pouches are a stupid waste of money. And yes, my kid is finishing up a school year of having the pouch, so my opinion is based on actual experience.

Yes, at the last class of the day they take their phones out of the pouch and check for the plans for the afternoon. I’m not exactly sure why you think it has to be just in time delivery of all changes to the schedule immediately.

You really think the employer is okay with not hearing back if a shift change works until just before the shift starts? That's not how the world works. My kid doesn't work, but I have had to communicate with her during the day to schedule doctor's appointments. By the time she gets home, the doctor's offices have closed. The world works in real time, it doesn't wait for kids who have phones locked away all day.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

Why can’t they keep their phone in the car they are driving? Some cars have built in internet in fact.

Now we know your kid is in elementary school.

Wait until these parents have kids in high school and then have to reap what they sowed. That will be fun to watch.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

I know the world has changed, but somehow 25 years ago we were able to drive to school and then work with no phone and it was totally fine.

Soooo tired of this line. Expectations were different then, too. My HS kid literally finds out his work schedule via his boss texting him. Sometimes there’s a schedule change to his sports or band that’s communicated after the school day starts, and I need to tell him to take the bus home after all, or whatever.

I’m not suggesting he should have a phone out in class, but yes “the world has changed.” There are good reasons for a HS kid to have a with them phone before/after school, and for emergencies. I am a proponent of away during class, but I think the pouches are a stupid waste of money. And yes, my kid is finishing up a school year of having the pouch, so my opinion is based on actual experience.

Yes, at the last class of the day they take their phones out of the pouch and check for the plans for the afternoon. I’m not exactly sure why you think it has to be just in time delivery of all changes to the schedule immediately.

You really think the employer is okay with not hearing back if a shift change works until just before the shift starts? That's not how the world works. My kid doesn't work, but I have had to communicate with her during the day to schedule doctor's appointments. By the time she gets home, the doctor's offices have closed. The world works in real time, it doesn't wait for kids who have phones locked away all day.

Employers really shouldn't be bothering high school students at school, nor should parents. That can all get handled after school hours.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

I know the world has changed, but somehow 25 years ago we were able to drive to school and then work with no phone and it was totally fine.

Soooo tired of this line. Expectations were different then, too. My HS kid literally finds out his work schedule via his boss texting him. Sometimes there’s a schedule change to his sports or band that’s communicated after the school day starts, and I need to tell him to take the bus home after all, or whatever.

I’m not suggesting he should have a phone out in class, but yes “the world has changed.” There are good reasons for a HS kid to have a with them phone before/after school, and for emergencies. I am a proponent of away during class, but I think the pouches are a stupid waste of money. And yes, my kid is finishing up a school year of having the pouch, so my opinion is based on actual experience.

Yes, at the last class of the day they take their phones out of the pouch and check for the plans for the afternoon. I’m not exactly sure why you think it has to be just in time delivery of all changes to the schedule immediately.

You really think the employer is okay with not hearing back if a shift change works until just before the shift starts? That's not how the world works. My kid doesn't work, but I have had to communicate with her during the day to schedule doctor's appointments. By the time she gets home, the doctor's offices have closed. The world works in real time, it doesn't wait for kids who have phones locked away all day.

Employers really shouldn't be bothering high school students at school, nor should parents. That can all get handled after school hours.

You clearly don't have an older kid. No it doesn't work this way. Older kids are starting to manage their own schedules, but parents still have a role too. So coordination does need to happen and dr's offices just are not open after school hours.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

I know the world has changed, but somehow 25 years ago we were able to drive to school and then work with no phone and it was totally fine.

Soooo tired of this line. Expectations were different then, too. My HS kid literally finds out his work schedule via his boss texting him. Sometimes there’s a schedule change to his sports or band that’s communicated after the school day starts, and I need to tell him to take the bus home after all, or whatever.

I’m not suggesting he should have a phone out in class, but yes “the world has changed.” There are good reasons for a HS kid to have a with them phone before/after school, and for emergencies. I am a proponent of away during class, but I think the pouches are a stupid waste of money. And yes, my kid is finishing up a school year of having the pouch, so my opinion is based on actual experience.

Yes, at the last class of the day they take their phones out of the pouch and check for the plans for the afternoon. I’m not exactly sure why you think it has to be just in time delivery of all changes to the schedule immediately.

You really think the employer is okay with not hearing back if a shift change works until just before the shift starts? That's not how the world works. My kid doesn't work, but I have had to communicate with her during the day to schedule doctor's appointments. By the time she gets home, the doctor's offices have closed. The world works in real time, it doesn't wait for kids who have phones locked away all day.

Employers really shouldn't be bothering high school students at school, nor should parents. That can all get handled after school hours.

You clearly don't have an older kid. No it doesn't work this way. Older kids are starting to manage their own schedules, but parents still have a role too. So coordination does need to happen and dr's offices just are not open after school hours.

On the one hand: consensus of scientific and education professionals who say that cell phone use in school by teens harms the educational environment for teens, including but not limited to: distraction, bullying, anxiety, depression.

On the other hand: some parents (and all the teens) who want to be able to schedule things with their children.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

I know the world has changed, but somehow 25 years ago we were able to drive to school and then work with no phone and it was totally fine.

Soooo tired of this line. Expectations were different then, too. My HS kid literally finds out his work schedule via his boss texting him. Sometimes there’s a schedule change to his sports or band that’s communicated after the school day starts, and I need to tell him to take the bus home after all, or whatever.

I’m not suggesting he should have a phone out in class, but yes “the world has changed.” There are good reasons for a HS kid to have a with them phone before/after school, and for emergencies. I am a proponent of away during class, but I think the pouches are a stupid waste of money. And yes, my kid is finishing up a school year of having the pouch, so my opinion is based on actual experience.

Yes, at the last class of the day they take their phones out of the pouch and check for the plans for the afternoon. I’m not exactly sure why you think it has to be just in time delivery of all changes to the schedule immediately.

You really think the employer is okay with not hearing back if a shift change works until just before the shift starts? That's not how the world works. My kid doesn't work, but I have had to communicate with her during the day to schedule doctor's appointments. By the time she gets home, the doctor's offices have closed. The world works in real time, it doesn't wait for kids who have phones locked away all day.

Employers really shouldn't be bothering high school students at school, nor should parents. That can all get handled after school hours.

You clearly don't have an older kid. No it doesn't work this way. Older kids are starting to manage their own schedules, but parents still have a role too. So coordination does need to happen and dr's offices just are not open after school hours.

On the one hand: consensus of scientific and education professionals who say that cell phone use in school by teens harms the educational environment for teens, including but not limited to: distraction, bullying, anxiety, depression.

On the other hand: some parents (and all the teens) who want to be able to schedule things with their children.

There is only a consensus in your own mind.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

I know the world has changed, but somehow 25 years ago we were able to drive to school and then work with no phone and it was totally fine.

Soooo tired of this line. Expectations were different then, too. My HS kid literally finds out his work schedule via his boss texting him. Sometimes there’s a schedule change to his sports or band that’s communicated after the school day starts, and I need to tell him to take the bus home after all, or whatever.

I’m not suggesting he should have a phone out in class, but yes “the world has changed.” There are good reasons for a HS kid to have a with them phone before/after school, and for emergencies. I am a proponent of away during class, but I think the pouches are a stupid waste of money. And yes, my kid is finishing up a school year of having the pouch, so my opinion is based on actual experience.

Yes, at the last class of the day they take their phones out of the pouch and check for the plans for the afternoon. I’m not exactly sure why you think it has to be just in time delivery of all changes to the schedule immediately.

You really think the employer is okay with not hearing back if a shift change works until just before the shift starts? That's not how the world works. My kid doesn't work, but I have had to communicate with her during the day to schedule doctor's appointments. By the time she gets home, the doctor's offices have closed. The world works in real time, it doesn't wait for kids who have phones locked away all day.

Employers really shouldn't be bothering high school students at school, nor should parents. That can all get handled after school hours.

You clearly don't have an older kid. No it doesn't work this way. Older kids are starting to manage their own schedules, but parents still have a role too. So coordination does need to happen and dr's offices just are not open after school hours.

On the one hand: consensus of scientific and education professionals who say that cell phone use in school by teens harms the educational environment for teens, including but not limited to: distraction, bullying, anxiety, depression.

On the other hand: some parents (and all the teens) who want to be able to schedule things with their children.

Do you not see middle ground between “phones out in class” and “phones locked away all day so a kid can’t even check for a schedule change at lunch/between classes”? I against cell phone use in class. I am against pouches as the mechanism to achieve this.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

I know the world has changed, but somehow 25 years ago we were able to drive to school and then work with no phone and it was totally fine.

Soooo tired of this line. Expectations were different then, too. My HS kid literally finds out his work schedule via his boss texting him. Sometimes there’s a schedule change to his sports or band that’s communicated after the school day starts, and I need to tell him to take the bus home after all, or whatever.

I’m not suggesting he should have a phone out in class, but yes “the world has changed.” There are good reasons for a HS kid to have a with them phone before/after school, and for emergencies. I am a proponent of away during class, but I think the pouches are a stupid waste of money. And yes, my kid is finishing up a school year of having the pouch, so my opinion is based on actual experience.

Yes, at the last class of the day they take their phones out of the pouch and check for the plans for the afternoon. I’m not exactly sure why you think it has to be just in time delivery of all changes to the schedule immediately.

You really think the employer is okay with not hearing back if a shift change works until just before the shift starts? That's not how the world works. My kid doesn't work, but I have had to communicate with her during the day to schedule doctor's appointments. By the time she gets home, the doctor's offices have closed. The world works in real time, it doesn't wait for kids who have phones locked away all day.

Employers really shouldn't be bothering high school students at school, nor should parents. That can all get handled after school hours.

You clearly don't have an older kid. No it doesn't work this way. Older kids are starting to manage their own schedules, but parents still have a role too. So coordination does need to happen and dr's offices just are not open after school hours.

On the one hand: consensus of scientific and education professionals who say that cell phone use in school by teens harms the educational environment for teens, including but not limited to: distraction, bullying, anxiety, depression.

On the other hand: some parents (and all the teens) who want to be able to schedule things with their children.

This is why we know your kids are either very young or you see the world as completely black and white with strict rules.

No one believes anyone should spend all day staring at phones. We shouldn’t spend all day on DCUM. Teens shouldn’t spend all day on TikTok or YouTube.

Cell addiction for DCUM, TikTok or YouTube can be a distraction and can get in the way of life. But most rational people see the value of having access to a phone, when needed and appropriate, at a certain age to manage life without going to draconian lockdown.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

I know the world has changed, but somehow 25 years ago we were able to drive to school and then work with no phone and it was totally fine.

Soooo tired of this line. Expectations were different then, too. My HS kid literally finds out his work schedule via his boss texting him. Sometimes there’s a schedule change to his sports or band that’s communicated after the school day starts, and I need to tell him to take the bus home after all, or whatever.

I’m not suggesting he should have a phone out in class, but yes “the world has changed.” There are good reasons for a HS kid to have a with them phone before/after school, and for emergencies. I am a proponent of away during class, but I think the pouches are a stupid waste of money. And yes, my kid is finishing up a school year of having the pouch, so my opinion is based on actual experience.

Yes, at the last class of the day they take their phones out of the pouch and check for the plans for the afternoon. I’m not exactly sure why you think it has to be just in time delivery of all changes to the schedule immediately.

You really think the employer is okay with not hearing back if a shift change works until just before the shift starts? That's not how the world works. My kid doesn't work, but I have had to communicate with her during the day to schedule doctor's appointments. By the time she gets home, the doctor's offices have closed. The world works in real time, it doesn't wait for kids who have phones locked away all day.

Employers really shouldn't be bothering high school students at school, nor should parents. That can all get handled after school hours.

You clearly don't have an older kid. No it doesn't work this way. Older kids are starting to manage their own schedules, but parents still have a role too. So coordination does need to happen and dr's offices just are not open after school hours.

On the one hand: consensus of scientific and education professionals who say that cell phone use in school by teens harms the educational environment for teens, including but not limited to: distraction, bullying, anxiety, depression.

On the other hand: some parents (and all the teens) who want to be able to schedule things with their children.

This is why we know your kids are either very young or you see the world as completely black and white with strict rules.

No one believes anyone should spend all day staring at phones. We shouldn’t spend all day on DCUM. Teens shouldn’t spend all day on TikTok or YouTube.

Cell addiction for DCUM, TikTok or YouTube can be a distraction and can get in the way of life. But most rational people see the value of having access to a phone, when needed and appropriate, at a certain age to manage life without going to draconian lockdown.

I posted this and I have both a HS child (YHS) and a MS child. You phone wanters keep reiterating that only parents with very young children want the ban. This is not true. I want the ban and I have kids in APS who can both drive and have extremely complicated schedules that change all the time. And I work.

I totally agree with you that having a phone makes my child’s life easier and mine. So I bough them a phone. I absolutely 100% support them being completely banned at school, during school hours, for all children. I am willing to take the trade off in convenience for that window in exchange for their educational experience and wellbeing.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

Why can’t they keep their phone in the car they are driving? Some cars have built in internet in fact.

If I was in need of (illicit) phones, I'd know to hang out at a high school parking lot.

Also, who leaves a phone in their abandoned car anyway. Not I. She is probably a privileged mom in North Arlington, where nothing bad ever happens except coins being riffled through unlocked cars.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

I know the world has changed, but somehow 25 years ago we were able to drive to school and then work with no phone and it was totally fine.

Soooo tired of this line. Expectations were different then, too. My HS kid literally finds out his work schedule via his boss texting him. Sometimes there’s a schedule change to his sports or band that’s communicated after the school day starts, and I need to tell him to take the bus home after all, or whatever.

I’m not suggesting he should have a phone out in class, but yes “the world has changed.” There are good reasons for a HS kid to have a with them phone before/after school, and for emergencies. I am a proponent of away during class, but I think the pouches are a stupid waste of money. And yes, my kid is finishing up a school year of having the pouch, so my opinion is based on actual experience.

Yes, at the last class of the day they take their phones out of the pouch and check for the plans for the afternoon. I’m not exactly sure why you think it has to be just in time delivery of all changes to the schedule immediately.

You really think the employer is okay with not hearing back if a shift change works until just before the shift starts? That's not how the world works. My kid doesn't work, but I have had to communicate with her during the day to schedule doctor's appointments. By the time she gets home, the doctor's offices have closed. The world works in real time, it doesn't wait for kids who have phones locked away all day.

if your kid has an unexpected mid-day doctors appointment, you can just show up at the school and the front office will call their class room. I have had to do it several times for the orthodontist. For anything after school, kids look at their phones the second the school day ends. Employers who hire high school kids are going to have to adjust to kids being unreachable during the day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

It's a huge safety issue to drive without a phone... in Arlington? Your kid can safely walk home from any point in the county.

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Anonymous wrote:We need dedicated phone lockers. Away all day. If a phone is seen in school more than once by a student, confiscated and parents can pick it up on the following Monday morning, which means at least one weekend without a phone.

Or you can just keep the phone home and stop putting this all on the school to enforce. Be a parent. Set your own controls.

Exactly. Get back to me when your kid drives to school and an after school job, and it would be a huge safety issue not to have a phone.

I know the world has changed, but somehow 25 years ago we were able to drive to school and then work with no phone and it was totally fine.

Soooo tired of this line. Expectations were different then, too. My HS kid literally finds out his work schedule via his boss texting him. Sometimes there’s a schedule change to his sports or band that’s communicated after the school day starts, and I need to tell him to take the bus home after all, or whatever.

I’m not suggesting he should have a phone out in class, but yes “the world has changed.” There are good reasons for a HS kid to have a with them phone before/after school, and for emergencies. I am a proponent of away during class, but I think the pouches are a stupid waste of money. And yes, my kid is finishing up a school year of having the pouch, so my opinion is based on actual experience.

Yes, at the last class of the day they take their phones out of the pouch and check for the plans for the afternoon. I’m not exactly sure why you think it has to be just in time delivery of all changes to the schedule immediately.

You really think the employer is okay with not hearing back if a shift change works until just before the shift starts? That's not how the world works. My kid doesn't work, but I have had to communicate with her during the day to schedule doctor's appointments. By the time she gets home, the doctor's offices have closed. The world works in real time, it doesn't wait for kids who have phones locked away all day.

Employers really shouldn't be bothering high school students at school, nor should parents. That can all get handled after school hours.

You clearly don't have an older kid. No it doesn't work this way. Older kids are starting to manage their own schedules, but parents still have a role too. So coordination does need to happen and dr's offices just are not open after school hours.

But this is no different than it ever was. Somehow my mother managed to coordinate between me and the doctor's office without contacting me during the school day. You'll figure it out too.

The point is, truly, that having phones during the school day is undermining kids' psychosocial and academic development. So even though some things ARE more convenient when they have phones at school, we'll all need to put up with some inconveniences again, for the good of the kids. Your kid's boss will also have to put up with it, since soon none of her teenage employees will be reachable during the school day.