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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eh, I'm the parent of a MS and HS student and this this policy is sane and sensical.

My HS-aged kid having access to their phone at lunch is fine, actually. They can (and do) use it to help with homework, to read sports scores and share with friends, or to facilitate discussion at the meeting of a club.

I think the testimony above assumes the kids are using their phones to SnapChat or something and never look up, but they are actually using them to facilitate socialization, not to shut it down. 
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Your kid doesn't need a phone at lunch.  If it's a true urgent issue, they can go back to their locker and send a message.  It puts such a burden on school staff to police phones that are distracting kids from their education.  Just make it simple and let the kids go through their school day without additional phone time.[/quote]

[b]What locker?[/b][/quote]

I've been seeing in Teacher forums that a lot of kids don't use their lockers because they can't figure out how to use combination locks, not that the lockers are "inconveniently located."  Another life skill fail.[/quote]

My kid's school doesn't allow backpacks in class. Kids use the lockers.  My kid keeps their phone in their when they arrive, and picks it up when they leave (so I'm told).  Phones get confiscated in class if they're caught.

Teachers have enough to deal with--they don't need to be policing a kid who is addicted to their device and posting on snapchat during class hours because their parent thinks they're a special snowflake who must have their phone with them at all times.[/quote]

Middle or high school.  Is that mcps.   That does not sound like hs here.  [/quote]

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