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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach at a DCPS high school. 
Cell phones are the bane of my existence. In every class, there's at least 10 kids who have them out during my lessons. A few of them try to be sneaky and only do it when they think I'm not looking, but there are those who are so bold as to play music, watch videos, and even Facetime during class.

I've tried confiscating them, but I teach at a rough school where that is a surefire way to have a physical altercation. I've also dropped one or two in the past and been told by the school that I'm liable for any damage. IF (and that's a big 'if') I can flag down a behavior tech, then they'll take the phones. Ultimately, the administration tries to avoid it because they say it's a liability issue for them. They have no way to prove that the phone was damaged before confiscating it. The sad irony is that in my most recent observations, I was dinged by my principal and my master educator for the three or four kids who were on their phones during my lesson.

I tried to take the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" stance by incorporating cell phones into the lesson with different apps that require kids to vote on an answer. I was told that I was violating the "zero electronics policy" and had to stop. [/quote]

I think they are everywhere at the high school level.

My kid doesn't go to DCPS bit has shown me Snapchats from a couple of his friends at SWW who have recorded/posted them during class. Another friend at Ellington says they are used all day there.

OTOH weren't student and faculty cell phones used to tell administrators about the gun in the backpack situation a couple months ago at Wilson?

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