Cell phone ban in schools

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Anonymous wrote:FYI for those complaining about club cancellations — WJHS sends out the morning announcements to all parents every morning. I bet other schools would do that if you asked.

You're funny, some schools are good about it, we only hear asking for money or an emergency or something happened. That would be nice and teachers sending a weekly email on what assignments are due when.

Or students looking at the syllabus, canvas or listening in class.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents want a cell phone ban until they experience a lockdown or crisis and can't reach their kids.

MCPS isn't going to unlock them or allow the kids to get to the phones and has done a terrible job of communicating to parents and to kids and staff locked in closets for hours.

Put the phones on the teachers desk and move on.

It's not that big of a deal and if you take them away, the kids will find other options.

My own child said he is worried if he can't reach me but said he will find other ways to do it (smart watch, carrying a backup phone or by computer where he can text anyway).

We need to stop comparing school today to what is was like 30 years ago before school shootings. Our kids have a lot more to worry about than we did.

Some parents want a cell phone ban, others don't. Usually its the ones constantly on social media who want the schools to parent their kids or looking for attention.

If you don't want your kid on a phone at school lock it down or don't give it to them.
If kids are inappropriately using them during class the obvious answer is the teacher to give a warning and take them and parents can pick them up in the office during school hours. If the behavior continues (and hopefully the parents will give consequences) the school should give a lunch or after-school detention.

So sounds like you’re in support of the phone ban.

Huh? NO, I support students having parent-monitored phones that they keep on them and if they are not appropriately used, teachers take them. Very different. My children and their phones are MY responsibility. And, as my responsibility I want a way for them to contact me and me to contact them.

You can contact them easily- call the school. They can contact you by going to the front office. Simple. Requires zero cell phones.

It’s not the school's job and I'm not calling the school to have a staff member have to pull out of class for a message. They will always have a phone or watch or both.

It’s really interesting that folks send their kid to ES without a phone, but somehow think by HS they need a phone on their person all day.