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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's interesting the middle schools will now NOT have them.

I have a kid in high school and the teachers do not enforce the cell phone away policy at all.  My guess is this age group is more brazen about blowing off the rules so they are going to give them the pouches and don't want to buy more for middle school kids.  But I think middle school kids have the least impulse control when it comes to phones.[/quote]

MS rules are they have to be in your locker. According to my MS’ers they don’t see hardly any kids hiding them in class. [/quote]

Keep writing your SB and the principal. The phone-free policy is mandated by VA DOE now, and every email is subject to FOIA and has to be retained. If enough emails accrue to demonstrate that the policy isn't being enforced, it creates a record of evidence that DOE can use. APS knows this, so if the pressure keeps up, they'll have to act, likely by expanding the pouches to MS as well. [/quote]
Why would you want them to be in middle schools?  The likelihood of my kid forgetting to unlock this pouch is so high.  They have iPads and computers (which most of their instruction is given through).  Phones are not the issue here.  [/quote]
I don't think that's correct.  All middle school kids have lockers so phones stay there for the day.  That's easy and free.  Not all high school kids are assigned lockers (there aren't enough) so they're using pouches.[/quote]

Also MS do not have computers.  They have iPads in APS.  Which are owned by APS, meaning APS theoretically controls content and has full access to - unlike personal phones.  Accessing inappropriate content on APS issued iPads happens of course; my kid reports at DHMS that kids watch YouTube throughout many classes.   But, it’s a different degree of access with a phone.  They are in kids pockets/hands, can be taken out and snap pics of other kids more easily, can be taken into (and out) in the bathroom, can more easily be hidden from a teacher, can be less easily accessed by a teacher since they are owned/locked by kids — as opposed to APS owned iPads.  Prohibiting phone use is a step in the right direction.  [/quote]

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