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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask the teachers what they prefer - pouches or enforcing the cell phone policy. [/quote]

Both require the same amount of effort.  If a kid tells me he doesn't have a phone and shows me an empty pouch, there's nothing I can do about that.  When he gets out the phone he actually did have in his bag later in the day, it gets confiscated.  In the off and away school, it's the same situation.  I don't see the phone in the morning when I put out the reminder to keep it off and away and then when he gets it out later, it gets confiscated.  It's the exact same end either with or without the pouch.  Which is why I think the pouches are a waste of money.

As a teacher, I am having the exact same number of encounters this year with cell phones with a yondr pouch that I was last year with the off and away policy which is to say...none.[/quote]

There is a difference--hallways and cafeteria usage.  Pouches restrict that (meaning anything seen in the hallways can still be confiscated).[/quote]

How so? Our pilot school was away-for-the-day last year so phones in hallways and cafeterias were just as illegal last year. Kids game either system, and each system requires manual labor from teachers. But one is expensive, lines pockets we don't need to be lining, and creates unnecessary consequences for parent-child communication.[/quote]

Does anyone know the all-in price tag for the Yondr program if it were implemented? I know the lost pouch charge is $18 but assume that is not the full cost. I saw another school district that estimated about $30 per student. If that is right, a rough estimate for all MS and HS in FC to participate would be about $425,000, but curious if anyone has more reliable numbers.[/quote]

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