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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kinda s/o to the fights and drugs threads.

Can the county ban cell phones in schools? I went to high school in the 90s and electronics were banned like beepers and the old brick cell phones.  If somebody had a beeper, it would be confiscated and returned at the end of the day.
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MCPS doesn't have the authority to confiscate personal property, nor should they have to especially to placate some crazies.[/quote]
DP.. they don't have to confiscate it. They can use the pouches.

But, you are incorrect in stating that they don't have the right to confiscate personal property.  If they bring something that is unsafe, they can take it away.

If you make it so that a teacher cannot confiscate things that they deem are distracting in a classroom, then don't complain if your kids are getting bad grades or other kids are disrupting the class.  You keep cutting of teacher's ability to control a classroom.  This plus restorative justice is not helping.

It's no wonder why some kids just do whatever the heck they want in schools. They know nothing will happen to them.  [/quote]

If someone took my phone, I'd report the the theft to the police. They don't have the right to do this. We don't live in a police state.[/quote]

You live in a society.  Society has schools. You can't bring your gun into a courtroom either. Boo hoo for you.[/quote]

This is the entirety of the problem. My "Jimmy" has every right to his phone and nobody can take it from him. Even if it means a substantial change for the better to the learning environment for the entire student population. If you want "Jimmy" to go to school, he has to comply with the rules.[/quote]

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