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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Still trying to find out. Our neighbor said they had mandatory iPad work throughout but there were also games on the iPad and her kid was always on it at home.  No idea how Oakridge teaches reading or the cell phone policy... 
What I really want to know is what makes it "..a horrible, horrible school, the absolute worst" ???[/quote]

I mean your friend should just not let your kid on the school ipad at home. That is not a school issue but a parenting one, so that can clearly change in your house if you want. We aren't at Oakridge but APS elementary schools use the ipad in a few ways they do learning apps (dream box and Lexia). These apps are typically part of a rotation of activities the kids do a day. So for example one section of kids does the ipad, one section works with the teacher, one section works with physical math manipulatives etc., and then they rotate. This is typically a 10-20 min chunk. Then kids will use the ipad to create google slide presentations for class or do research for projects. This varies by grade and obviously a 5th grader is doing more research then a kinder kid. Finally, they will do quizzes and state testing on the ipad.

The kids generally are not on the ipad all day. Kid in ES rotate through subjects pretty quickly and add in special, lunch, recess and they aren't just sitting there staring at a screen despite how folks on DCUM or Facebook may make it seem.

I don't know that APS elementary schools have cell phone policies because the vast majority of elementary kids do not have cell phones. When it comes to middle school or high school the policy is now (I believe) that the phone must remain put away the entire day. I am sure how strict this is varies by school or teacher.

APS schools should (I believe) be using CKLA for reading and no, it is not taught all on the ipad. Again, my kid is at another school but he says they haven't gotten their ipads yet other than for state assessments and we are a month into school.

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