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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I need to get my kid early today for an appointment. In the before times, I would have had the kid set a reminder on her phone to leave class, and then I would text her too when I arrive at the office. What am I supposed to do now?[/quote]

First of all, unless your kid is of certain age/grade, you are supposed to physically sign them out in the attendance office - or send a message directly to the attendance office allowing them to sign themselves out.

Regardless, since you can't figure out, or even imagine, how it was done in the before-the-before-times (ie, before cell phone days), here's how you can do it:
When you arrive at the school to pick him up, phone the front office or actually go into the office and tell them you're there to pick up your kid. 
When he gets to the office, you sign him out and take him with you as you leave.

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Well, how does my kid know to go to the office at that time?  They used to use their phone as a reminder and I used to text that I was there. What now, since you seem to have all the answers?

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NP. Now you have to tell the office what class kid is in, and office will call that teacher. Except the teacher is very unlikely to hear the phone. So office will eventually call someone else to physically walk to the class and collect your child (but they don’t let you go yourself). And it will take forever. At least, this is how it played out when I picked my high schooler up for an appt a week or so ago.

So, it’s doable for sure, but build in a lot of extra time. You could have a kid set a reminder alarm an old fashioned dumb watch or the school device, I suppose.

On another note, before the phone ban, my kids’ art class was supposed to photograph their art pieces to upload for the teacher, and in band, they used phones for tuning instruments. [/quote]

What a giant waste of time. Also, I don't even know where my high school student is at all times (like lunch). [/quote]
Well, then it's quite handy that the school does. The office staff simply looks up their schedule if you don't know what class they're in. They even can tell what lunch period they have. Without using their phone, just an old-fashioned desktop computer.[/quote][/quote]

I don't think you get it, probably because you have younger kids. Older kids are not just in one place, like the cafeteria, during lunch. And even if they were in the cafeteria, how does one find 1 kid out of hundreds? [/quote]

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