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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At Yorktown they are allowed to use them in a quiet spot in the library.   DD tells me she doesn’t have time during the day to go to said spot. So if she needs to get us a message I guess she does it while going to the bathroom.

But schedule changes happen all the time in high school. Something was cancelled today so I didn’t have to pick her up from school. She rode the bus. Nice to get that message so I didn’t have to rush to leave the office at 4 to pick her up. [/quote]

this is what the parents of younger kids just do not get. There are a lot of schedule shifts with high school activities that just don't happen with littles. [/quote]

Dude.  Let go of the idea that the “only” people favoring the ban are parents with little kids.  I am in favor, and I have a HS student.

It’s like you all have no idea of how to do a cost benefit analysis and the “cost” to YOU of last minute scheduling changes completely outweighs the entire body of scientific evidence along with your children’s teachers of cell phones harm.  To keep harping on this issue of last minute schedule changes as if it’s the end of the universe for our over scheduled HS students is not convincing anyone.  We all think your child will probably benefit from having to figure out last minute schedules changes on their own and NO ONE CARES HOW HARD IT IS FOR YOU TOBE SOMEHWHAT INCONVENIENCED by not being tethered to your kid.    [/quote]

Where are these studies that show that sending an occasional text between classes is harmful?

You are being overly rigid on this and seem incapable of understanding nuance. Maybe reflect on that. 
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DP. I don't care whether using phones between classes is "harmful" or not. It's not about "harm" for me. Others cite how students communicate via phone during the school day to arrange nefarious behaviors. All of that is distraction from the learning environment and the purpose of everyone being there. It affects more than the individuals engaging in the nonsense.

Do I really care if Johnny wants to send Mommy a text telling her the grade on his chemistry exam on his way to history class? No, I don't. But I'm fine with the ban which eliminates all the getting everyone to put their phone away so they can start class nonsense. I prefer the idea of all the kids being "present" rather than somewhere else on their phone during the downtimes between classes - chatting with classmate about the test they just took; saying hi to teachers in the hallway; thinking about - and mentally preparing for - their next class and being ready to start as soon as they're in their seat and the bell rings; reading the posters and all the signs advertising fundraisers or cheering on a team or whatever.

Mommy can wait to hear what Johnny got on his test. And if after-school practice is cancelled, the coach should be sending a message out to the team contact list anyway, Johnny can catch the bus/another ride/or walk home, or wait a while for someone to be able to come pick him up. (I will grant that that last option has become increasingly challenging at Wakefield the past few years since they do everything in their power to preclude kids from being on site without actually being actively participating in an organized activity at the moment. Heaven forbid a student just sit in town hall doing homework until their ride shows up or their practice begins. But that's another topic.)[/quote]

You can yell at the clouds all you want, but an occasional text between classes is fine. Really. 
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You are being deliberately obtuse.

Before smart phones it was just occasional texts between classes. Long conversations on T9 keyboards were a hassle.

But now it’s TikTok videos and Insta scrolling watching movies, taking photos as bullying, etc on and on.

That’s what having the phone out during the day means; it’s not just a couple texts. [/quote]

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