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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what do you suggest parents do? I am genuinely asking. I have a rising freshman. All communications from the school say that phones are to be put away during class, unless specifically required by a teacher. 
Our child has most notifications turned off and phone is always on silent. They’re generally a rule follower so I expect their phone will be out away during class. 
Is this not enough? If not, what can we do? I don’t think sending them to school sans phones is realistic at this point. 
FWIW, I teach early elementary so I have an appreciation for the realities of the classroom vs what a non-educator thinks is realistic. 
Most parents do sincerely want to help, so how can we do that?[/quote]

Why would having the phone away during class not be sufficient?[/quote]

That’s what I am asking. It seems like a reasonable and effective expectation. But I am asking op if there is something I’m not seeing. [/quote]

It would be sufficient, if the students followed the rules. The problem is that when some students do not follow the rule, and nothing happens to them, then other students figure they can break the rules too. On top of this, when a student does not understand class concepts (because they are on their phone too much), the administrator pushes the teacher to allow more and more reassessments. As a result, the student ends the class with a good grade. This causes students, parents, and administrators to ask what is wrong with the phone use if the grades are so good?

Bottom line, I think the county needs to allow teachers to have actual consequences. I don't think there is anything the teacher or parent can do if the county does not allow consequences to occur. [/quote]

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