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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, because some of us have kids in after school and other activities and need to coordinate.  Schools don't have pay phones like ours did growing up.  Unfortunately its a necessity at times.[/quote]

This is an excuse for lazy planning. [/quote]

Not really. 80% of the time I can be where I say I am going to be at the time I say I can. 20% of the time I have a meeting that runs long or something at work that requires me to pivot time/place of pickup or ask my kid to walk home or find another way. Imagine that not everyone has the same work or life circumstances![/quote]

How were such scenarios handled in the days before kids had cellphones? A trusted friend's parent picks the kid up and let's them know the change in plans. Or a phone call is made to the school office and they pass the message along to the kid.

Furthermore, your argument is not one for kids to have their cell phone IN CLASS, but rather that they can access it at the end of they day, or perhaps during lunch, etc. to be able to spend 30 seconds checking a message.[/quote]

Well, in the before times, there were pay phones that could be accessed when school is closed.  I would think that the school office is not going to be thrilled with (and is likely unable to be) the answering service for every student.  Please be real.

The little bags should do the trick if you don't want phones in class.  I am behind that.  But it's a different world now, and everyone has to roll with the changes.[/quote]

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