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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is forgetful. Very. I give it fewer than 2 months before the pouch comes home locked for a weekend. We use the phone for tracking since the bus stop is so far away. Will my tracking device work while the phone is in the pouch?

Questions; Why didn't APS get cell phone lockers for every homeroom? That way the kid would have to go get it but it wouldn't be locked in some impenetrable bag.

What kind of magnet do I need at home for when this thing comes home locked. Can I buy a Yondr one?
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I bet your kid won't forget again after no phone for a weekend or evening.  I would thank APS for this opportunity for your child to have natural consequences.

The homeroom teacher having them would be so annoying.  Kids in and out during the day for late arrival/early departure and then APS has to deal with the liability issue of the phone being out of the kids' possession and being responsible for them, which I can see why they don't want that at all.[/quote]

I'm a parent of a very ADHD kid who can't take stimulant medication.  I am a firm believer in natural consequences, but I will say that the idea that a kid with a disability that impacts memory and attention will learn not to have ADHD because of a natural consequence like this is wrong.  My kid has learned strategies for getting around the lack of a phone.  He's learned to be fine with very cheap phones because that's all he can afford as a replacement.  He's learned to be very polite about asking to borrow someone's phone.   I have learned to not need tracking software on him.  He hasn't learned to not to lose the phone, and I am sure would come home with a yondr bag if he were OP's situation.  Of course if they used a shoe holder or a phone locker he'd leave it there too, so those aren't solutions to that problem.  [/quote]

I'm pretty sure the APS policy on this has exceptions for kids with IEPs, which surely a student who is very ADHD has one, yes?  [/quote]

I would hope that having a 504 or IEP is not an automatic reprieve from the pouch. Not all students with accommodations need a smart phone to provide those accommodations. "Because Jimmy will forget to unlock the pouch before getting on the bus" is not a sufficient excuse.[/quote]

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