Banning and confiscating phones?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

If your kid has an allergic reaction the first thing they should do is go to the health tech, and have them deal with it. They can then call you.
If there is an incident at the school, it will be on lockdown, and they won't let you near the building.
If you have an issue, you can still contact them, and they can see it after class ends. That is how the pouch works.

How on earth did parents deal with reaching kids before smartphones? Did your kid have a smartphone with them when they were 5, 6, 7?

As a parent, you parent, but when they are in school, the teachers are responsible for the kids in the class.

Except my snowflake asked to go to the nurse or call me as was refused after realizing they ate something the teacher said was safe and wasn't. Fun trip to the ER after pick up. Thank goodness I carry meds on me or it could have been much worse.

If you wait till class ends that might be an issue if the plan changes. If they need to take the bus vs. pick up or vice versa and do the wrong one. As a parent I am always 100% responsible for my child.

When we didn't have smart phones, we had pay phones.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No way would I send my kid to school without a phone for many reasons as they need it to communicate with us. It’s not like schools have pay phones still.

there is no need for your kid to communicate with you during class. It's a distraction. Did your parents need to communicate with you when you were in school and didn't have a phone?

Goodness, how did we all manage to go to school without being able to reach our parents during class?

We’d use the pay phone. They always made sure we had money to call them and it was expected we call if something changed. If phones were invented we would have all had them too. Some kids had pagers.

Pagers were not allowed in my school. Confiscated and a week worth of detention.

I never ever used a pay phone to call my mom from school

I used them all the time to tell them about after school activities or some other change. We were required to call our parents for any change and immediately when we got home from school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At the school where I work, if a phone is out during the day (any time between the start of 1st and the end of 7th), it gets taken from the student and turned in at the office. The kid gets it back at the end of the day. The second time it happens, a parent has to come for it. (Rarely, they can wait a week and get it back rather than involving parents.)

I don't think it's reasonable to confiscate personal property without cause. We don't live in a police state, but if students use phones in class and distract others or can't keep it silenced, that seems reasonable.

I've often used my phone to photograph lecture notes since it's faster than writing them down which also seems like a perfectly valid use.

MCPS has no textbooks or lectures. You have to figure it out through group discussions or osmosis.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No way would I send my kid to school without a phone for many reasons as they need it to communicate with us. It’s not like schools have pay phones still.

there is no need for your kid to communicate with you during class. It's a distraction. Did your parents need to communicate with you when you were in school and didn't have a phone?

Goodness, how did we all manage to go to school without being able to reach our parents during class?

We’d use the pay phone. They always made sure we had money to call them and it was expected we call if something changed. If phones were invented we would have all had them too. Some kids had pagers.

Pagers were not allowed in my school. Confiscated and a week worth of detention.

I never ever used a pay phone to call my mom from school

I used them all the time to tell them about after school activities or some other change. We were required to call our parents for any change and immediately when we got home from school.

Your mom was the OG helicopter

I am not the pp and never used the pay phones either. Used the late buses if we stayed after. I was home for dinner.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No way would I send my kid to school without a phone for many reasons as they need it to communicate with us. It’s not like schools have pay phones still.

there is no need for your kid to communicate with you during class. It's a distraction. Did your parents need to communicate with you when you were in school and didn't have a phone?

Goodness, how did we all manage to go to school without being able to reach our parents during class?

We’d use the pay phone. They always made sure we had money to call them and it was expected we call if something changed. If phones were invented we would have all had them too. Some kids had pagers.

Pagers were not allowed in my school. Confiscated and a week worth of detention.

I never ever used a pay phone to call my mom from school

I used them all the time to tell them about after school activities or some other change. We were required to call our parents for any change and immediately when we got home from school.

Your mom was the OG helicopter

I am not the pp and never used the pay phones either. Used the late buses if we stayed after. I was home for dinner.

We didn't have a late bus to where we were nor bus service and had to cut through the train tracks which wasn't exactly fully safe alone. I had no issue communicating where I was, nor do my kids to me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No way would I send my kid to school without a phone for many reasons as they need it to communicate with us. It’s not like schools have pay phones still.

ok, homeschool your kid.

No. We don’t need to homeschool. We will continue to send them to public school with their phones. Cope.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kinda s/o to the fights and drugs threads.

Can the county ban cell phones in schools? I went to high school in the 90s and electronics were banned like beepers and the old brick cell phones. If somebody had a beeper, it would be confiscated and returned at the end of the day.

MCPS doesn't have the authority to confiscate personal property, nor should they have to especially to placate some crazies.

DP.. they don't have to confiscate it. They can use the pouches.

But, you are incorrect in stating that they don't have the right to confiscate personal property. If they bring something that is unsafe, they can take it away.

If you make it so that a teacher cannot confiscate things that they deem are distracting in a classroom, then don't complain if your kids are getting bad grades or other kids are disrupting the class. You keep cutting of teacher's ability to control a classroom. This plus restorative justice is not helping.

It's no wonder why some kids just do whatever the heck they want in schools. They know nothing will happen to them.

Phones are not “unsafe.” You’re a lunatic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kinda s/o to the fights and drugs threads.

Can the county ban cell phones in schools? I went to high school in the 90s and electronics were banned like beepers and the old brick cell phones. If somebody had a beeper, it would be confiscated and returned at the end of the day.

MCPS doesn't have the authority to confiscate personal property, nor should they have to especially to placate some crazies.

DP.. they don't have to confiscate it. They can use the pouches.

But, you are incorrect in stating that they don't have the right to confiscate personal property. If they bring something that is unsafe, they can take it away.

If you make it so that a teacher cannot confiscate things that they deem are distracting in a classroom, then don't complain if your kids are getting bad grades or other kids are disrupting the class. You keep cutting of teacher's ability to control a classroom. This plus restorative justice is not helping.

It's no wonder why some kids just do whatever the heck they want in schools. They know nothing will happen to them.

If someone took my phone, I'd report the the theft to the police. They don't have the right to do this. We don't live in a police state.

You live in a society. Society has schools. You can't bring your gun into a courtroom either. Boo hoo for you.

Phones aren’t guys, you loon. This “policy” isn’t going to happen. Grow up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kinda s/o to the fights and drugs threads.

Can the county ban cell phones in schools? I went to high school in the 90s and electronics were banned like beepers and the old brick cell phones. If somebody had a beeper, it would be confiscated and returned at the end of the day.

MCPS doesn't have the authority to confiscate personal property, nor should they have to especially to placate some crazies.

DP.. they don't have to confiscate it. They can use the pouches.

But, you are incorrect in stating that they don't have the right to confiscate personal property. If they bring something that is unsafe, they can take it away.

If you make it so that a teacher cannot confiscate things that they deem are distracting in a classroom, then don't complain if your kids are getting bad grades or other kids are disrupting the class. You keep cutting of teacher's ability to control a classroom. This plus restorative justice is not helping.

It's no wonder why some kids just do whatever the heck they want in schools. They know nothing will happen to them.

If someone took my phone, I'd report the the theft to the police. They don't have the right to do this. We don't live in a police state.

You live in a society. Society has schools. You can't bring your gun into a courtroom either. Boo hoo for you.

This is the entirety of the problem. My "Jimmy" has every right to his phone and nobody can take it from him. Even if it means a substantial change for the better to the learning environment for the entire student population. If you want "Jimmy" to go to school, he has to comply with the rules.

He is. The rules state Jimmy can have his phone in school. You don’t like it. Boo hoo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Once again, no matter how many hysterical, emotional language laden rants you write, phones will not be banned and there will be no “pouches.” Handle it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Newsflash: Kids in 2023 have cellphones and can use them to contact their parent when they have allergic reactions, rather than being denied “permission” by a teacher to go to the health office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You can't use your phone when you're going through customs, either. Schools get to impose rules, too. Kids enjoy the break from phones as well, by the way.

Personally, I haven't been through customs in years so it's a non-issue. As a parent, it's my responsibility to control and monitor the phone. See how that works. Its easy to lock it down or shut it off.

How are you monitoring and controlling your kids' phone usage when they are in class?

There are a lot of things kids cannot bring to school, like if they little Jimmy wanted to bring his ps4, the school would confiscate it and return it at the end of the day.

I stated earlier, they can use phone pouches, so your little snowflake won't have their phones taken away; they just won't be able to use it unless the teacher unlocks the pouch.

Easy to see the usage.

If my kid has an allergic reaction, I want them to call me.

If there is an incident at school or somewhere else, I want them to call me as I will go get them.

If I have an issue and cannot get them, I want to be able to contact time.

If they need to let me know something like school supplies or a change, they need to contact me.

As a parent its my job to deal with it, not the teachers.

My snowflakes can just yell out when they need me right now so it's not an issue.

Newsflash:

Kids have had allergies before cell phones

Yes, they did, and imagine if some could have contacted their parents and prevented something serious from happening. A cell phone and prevention is a lot cheaper than an ER bill or worse.

This is the biggest stretch. Did you give a cell phone to your kid in kindergarten? How did they reach you in elementary school?

I got them gizmos after a not so fun er visit due to an irresponsible teacher who had been told repeatedly not to feed anything to my child.