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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]There is clearly a market for school allowed “pager phones” that can send quick messages and make phone calls. That would allay a lot of the concerns of the apron string parents, and reduce the distraction in the classroom since these would be boring bricks. [/b]

Apple Watch is almost that, but too expensive and too many features.

Apple used to be big on education; making a classroom compliant family communicator (so it could be blue message bubbles) would be a compromise. [/quote]
This is just crazy.  What on earth does a parent need to tell their child during the school day?  Anything important can be routed through the office.  Anything unimportant can sit in text messages until school is over.  Anxiety meds sound like a better solution than pager phones.

(Any kid with a medical need will get an exemption and carry their phone, no this doesn't apply to legit needs.)[/quote]

+1 does everyone forget that we somehow managed to make it through the school day without phones?

I just finished reading The Anxious Generation and it's really an eye-opener about how the phone-based childhood/adolescence is having tremendously negative impacts on mental health and early adolescents are particularly vulnerable.[/quote]

I’m 100% for bell to bell bans, they don’t belong in school at all.

I’m not even sure of the “medically necessary” need for a phone, can someone explain how that works? Are they using the phone as a glucose monitor or something?

But assuming we won’t win and get an actual ban, dumbing down allowed phones would help a lot. [/quote]
Yes, some phones control insulin pumps.  Some kids are highly allergic or asthmatic and may need a phone in case they have to use an EpiPen or rescue inhaler.  I think there are also phone apps for issues like epilepsy or to change the mode for hearing aids.   [/quote]

I totally get the need for a phone if you have diabetes or a hearing aid etc, but why do kids need a phone if they need at EpiPen or a rescue inhaler?[/quote]Time can be pretty critical for a severe reaction or attack.  People do die from both allergic reactions and asthma.  If severe, I could see allowing a kid to carry a phone with their EpiPen or inhaler (e.g., while outside at gym class) to make sure they have access to rapid emergency services.  [/quote]

I 100% agree that allergic reactions and asthma attacks can be serious/deadly and that ambulances need to be called sometimes, but it is still not clear to me that a kid having their own phone would help in such a situation. Wouldn't they be better off having the teacher call 911 while they are using the inhaler or the epipen than the kid calling themselves? it seems to me that this is an argument for teachers having a phone, which I assume will continue to be the case (either land line, cell or walkie talkie). [/quote]

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