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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for the really thoughtful responses.  It reflects well on the school.  We've been considering Potomac versus a Catholic high school and Potomac has won out by a large margin on all of our criteria except one: phone use/availability.  The Catholic school does not seem to have a problem saying phones are forbidden during the school day, while Potomac seems to count on kids to use them appropriately, which is a challenge.  Any thoughts on phone use during the school day or if Potomac may join the majority of schools who forbid them during the day?  I don't know of any parent who wants their child looking at instagram during lunch, so I don't know why there is not more action on this.[/quote]
I don’t really think phones are actually used at school how you’re envisioning them. The kids are not sitting there being anti-social on their phones. They constantly get reminders to step aside if they need to check something on their phone. Otherwise the phones are not out. It is so helpful to be able to use the phones for logistics w/ family. Just today I have been waiting for my kids to reply to texts to see if their sports games were on this afternoon or rained out and if they’ll have practice so I know if I’m going to campus to watch or which bus each kid should be on. I can see that neither kid took his phone off do not disturb even at lunch so I hope they’ll reply before conference block. They use phones for things like that or to coordinate group projects w/ classmates or mean teachers to set up things. [/quote]

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