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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we just have all these people obsessed with sports over school start a public school academy. Where they have monitors on all the walls so every team and player knows the minute to minute schedule. It’s already ruined college admissions, so let’s just break off the sports obsessed. [/quote]

It’s just sports. Band, play practice, club meetings, etc can and do change schedules after the school day has started. This is annoying, but not insurmountable. [/quote]

I assumed they meant sports outside of school? Why would it matter if after school activities changed? A high schooler can take the bus or wait for a parent to pick them up. There is no urgency unless they need to go somewhere else after school. [/quote]

The main issue we’ve had is that the kid thought a practice was happening after (at) school, and they can miss the bus if the practice is cancelled & they don’t know in time. [b]Then they’re stuck at school for potentially hours if a parent can’t pick them up.[/b] But yes, they can check phones right after school & hopefully see the change in time. [/quote]

Oh, no!  D'ya think the little dears will be ok?  [/quote]

Of course they’ll be fine. You pro-pouchers are so obnoxious because you act like as long as the kid won’t die, “it’s fiiiiine!”  But you don’t acknowledge ANY possible downsides to pouching (vs, for example, kids putting their phones in a shoe organizer during each class).

Did your kid’s high school use pouches last year? Mine did. And yes, everyone figured things out, but there were a lot of unnecessary annoyances, like kids needing to take videos with Mac books for class assignments,  not being able to tune instruments as easily or photograph artwork assignments to upload. These are all “small” problems, but they were created through an unnecessary policy, when phone use in class can be stopped in other ways. [/quote] I actually don't know any parents who are staunchly pro-pouch. That's a weird description. I know a lot of parents who are in favor of Away for the Day and feel strongly that cell phones are disruptive in school.  I don't know any parents who feel very strongly about how APS implements that.

My understanding is that APS administration and teachers picked pouches as the best logistical solution, piloted and then adopted it, all considering how APS high schools function. I'm totally supportive of them choosing a solution. I actually prefer the (free) middle school solution of cell phones in lockers, but that doesn't work for high schools.

So yeah, I don't get the histrionics around kids not having their cell phones during the school day.  I think it's a good thing.  [/quote]

Why can’t APS just pad the morning and afternoon free periods to give them time to drop cell phones off at their lockers and pick up at end of day?[/quote]My understanding is that there aren't enough lockers for all kids to be assigned one.[/quote]

Why didn’t they build lockers when they did the addition at WL? I honestly think lockers would be cheaper than these pouches.[/quote]

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