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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest is a couple years from this being relevant, but how does the pouch system work at Deal? [/quote]

Each kid gets a Yondr pouch for their cell phone/smartwatch.  It's locked when they enter the school and unlocked when they leave.  [/quote]

Or you can apparently leave your phone in some bin by the metal detector, instead, which our kid sometimes insists on doing even though it seems to us like a good way for someone else to take their phone (which, in fairness to our kid, has not yet happened).[/quote]

The State board of Education had a meeting yesterday and this topic was on the agenda (I think for the first time). DC is complicated, and the Board of Education doesn't really have any power, but they are forming a committee to talk about it and we'll invite public testimony. I think it will help bring more attention to the topic. 
One thing that has been brought up but I have not seen in these forums is https://getbrick.app/

Anybody heard of schools using this and if it works? I think in theory the school could decide which apps would still be allowed like calculator or phone or certain education apps, but then everything else would be blocked after you swiped past this thing.[/quote]

I guess I don't understand why it's needed if students also receive school-issued computers which should allow access to all the apps etc they need[/quote]

Does anybody know how Deal (or other schools who use it) pay for the Yondr pouches? Especially for larger schools, setting up processes, staffing, and timing to lock up and retrive every device could get to be a big burden. But I imagine not all schools would have the funds to purchase these pouches? 
The NYT daily podcast was on this topic on Tuesday https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/podcasts/the-daily/phone-ban-school.html
Other schools just say they need to be in lockers all day, and if they catch you with it, there are various levels of consequences.[/quote]
Not sure how Deal pays for it, but it does not appear to be logistically difficult.  They have several machines, and my kid reports that it's generally quick and easy.  [/quote]

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