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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher who is STRICT with the phones in my room and that policy is a life saver. I don’t see how we manage it in halls between classes and at lunch though. And part of why it works in the class is they can have them in the halls and at lunch. [/quote]

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I don't care if kids have them during lunch and in the halls.  It's the classroom that matters.[/quote]

To a teacher I can see this, but for the overall school community it absolutely matters not to have phones in the halls and at lunch. So much more in-person interaction (for better and for worse) requiring kids to, you know, work on in-person interaction.

And as far as enforcement, see phone, take phone to office can work. It's even better if parents have to pick it up every time.[/quote]

I'm the PP and I completely agree with you.  I just meant the most crucial place to ban phones is in the classroom, but I'm thrilled to see this policy and hope schools enforce it (bell-to-bell).  It's long past time.[/quote]

We had the same policy last year except kids could use it during passing periods. Now they can still use it during lunch. Not much has changed. Stop acting like this is some new plan that will be miraculous. [/quote]

:roll:  Thanks for your advice, but I'm happy with this policy and hope it's enforced.  No one said anything about "miraculous," just that it's long overdue.  [/quote]

I’m confused on your response. The policy (almost identical) literally was in place last year. It’s really not new. The only difference is this year they can’t use phones in passing periods. Which will be really hard to enforce and is sort of stupid to be honest. Really, who cares if they use phones in passing periods which don’t even affect actual class time?[/quote]

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