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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should’ve just expelled the ones that couldn’t follow the rules last year instead of punishing an entire school and their families.

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It isn’t punishment. All the kids benefit from this. Their mood, mental health, focus, efficacy, all improve when they don’t have easy access to their phones. The phone’s PHYSICAL PRESENCE increases anxiety, decreases ability to focus and is a distraction. When NOBODY has their phone, the kids talk to each other more. They look eachother in the face and engage. They laugh!! They can work in groups because everyone has some idea of what’s going on because 50% of the class wasn’t zoned out - that’s really hard right now because the kids paying attention don’t want to drag along the kids who weren’t, and it means they don’t collaborate as often as they need to.

Our kids deserve a world where they are not tied to the device. Having everyone be disconnected from them in a learning environment is a benefit, not a punishment. [/quote]

Of course it’s a punishment. My kid doesn’t play with their cell phone in class. They have it available for emergencies only, and they know to leave class if they need to call me. They won’t be using a pouch that they can’t open. If they need access to me they will have it. I’m not punishing my child because other people’s kids don’t know how to act. If there was a student pay phone to use at the school they wouldn’t need a cell phone. [/quote]

Curious, under what circumstance's do you think it is okay for a student to leave class to use their cell phone to call a parent?  How often is it acceptable to do so?[/quote]

Shouldn’t be more than a few times a year- if it can wait until they get home it’s not an emergency. I also expect them to wait between classes but if it’s an actual emergency they can contact me anytime.

I’d actually be ok with no phones in class if they had a magnet in each room to unlock when they leave class, if needed, but these people want no cell phone all day long with no way to unlock in class. Unacceptable. [/quote]

DP, call never. Text, maybe once a month. More frequently after SOLs when the want to be picked up early [/quote]

So yes, as we can predict, EVERY parent believes *their* kid isn’t the one for whom the phone is the issue even though, for about 70% of kids it’s a huge issue. Needing to contact your parent to be picked up early after the SOL isn’t an emergency. They could - omg- just stay at school if they can’t text you the second they’re bored and be escorted home with haste. 
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