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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a real-life HS student (not a 3rd grader) at a school where phones are officially banned. Kids still use them sparingly and the teachers generally overlook it.

I got a quick text this morning (between classes) saying that an after-school activity is cancelled, which is helpful for me to receive now so I can rearrange my schedule to pick the kid up several hours earlier.

If kid told me this at 2:30 it'd be a huge PITA.

Are the nasty PPs really so unimaginative that they can't think of [i]any[/] scenarios when phones would be helpful? GMAFB. 
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1. child can still email you from their school issued laptop
2. child can text during lunch at the designated phone use location established at their school. 
3. if #2 is not yet in place at your school, see #1

Yes, the quick immediate text between class is much easier, faster, more efficient. But is life non-functional without it? No.
And it is the "go find it yourself, I refuse to provide an answer" PPs that began the nastiness.[/quote]

See this is why no one wanted to answer your question. You just come up with really silly altneratives that are really inconvenient and don't work. Ever think about what happens if the child needs to get a message to the parent after the one designated allowed period? Or what if they do send it during that period - how/when will they be able to get a reply back? [/quote]

Just go to the front office and make a phone call and speak directly with your parent if it's that difficult a situation to manage.
I don't give a crap about your "inconvenience" and I seriously doubt your assertion that they "don't work" -- it's worked fine for us all year.[/quote]

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