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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher in a different county and didn’t read the entire thread but maybe MCPS should go out on a limb and actually ask teachers what would entice them to stay in the classroom. I think the answers would be enlightening. [/quote]

I don’t think so.  MCPS knows what would entice teachers to stay in the classroom.  The ability to deliver those enticements is the challenge.  Let’s see if teachers agree with the list:

- Smaller class sizes
- More planning time
- Student respect and less discipline issues
- More autonomy 
- Career ladder 
- Enforcing a cell phone policy
- Relevant Professional Development

The easiest of these to implant is enforcement of cell phone policy.  Many others require funding and staff, which we know is short.[/quote]

Enforcement of the cell phone policy would also require significant funding and staff. If it didn’t, they would have done it already.[/quote]

Not to mention it's a violation of their rights. Schools can't just cease property on a whim.[/quote]

I don’t think it requires significant funding or staff it’s requires will.  Schools already have in the office places to securely store items.  And it’s not ceasing property on a whim, it would be confiscating items [b]after[/b] violation of rules and being asked nicely to put it away in an appropriate place by a teacher/staff.

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Kid gets two warning.  Otherwise teacher takes it, drops it off in the office and parents can pick it up at the end of the day.  Done.  I'm fine with a teacher taking my kid's phone.  I've told teacher they have permission to take it if the behavior continues and I'll get it at the end of the day.  If the kid argues with the teacher, it gets shut off.[/quote]

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