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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe you should advocate to ACPS to let your kids use the front office phone in one-off emergencies instead of lugging around an $500-1200 cellphone? Because we all know which schools/student bodies creates these issues.

(It is not the ones who can’t afford them.)[/quote]

I agree with you that just using the office phone would be much better, and students should be able to do that.  But I’m trying to point out that not all school systems are amenable to such things.  I don’t know what you’re getting at with the rest of your comment.[/quote]

Smartphones are expensive. Poor kids aren't causing the problem. It's middle class parents giving phones to their entitled kids too early.[/quote]

I assure you that students from all backgrounds have phones.

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I assure you that the problems with smartphones are caused by (mostly white and privileged) parents raising entitled kids.[/quote]

Teacher here and no, that’s not an issue in my class.  I don’t have any problem with phones because the rules are set from day 1.  The issue is the laptops.  I want a laptop free school and go bad to the days of computer labs or laptop carts where we had to sign them out.  They are “multitasking” or “taking notes” and not paying any attention to class.  I have paper only no laptop assignments and a group will instantly point out how they have a 504 or IEP accommodation that they are allowed to use it in class.  I say we are not taking notes at the moment and then I get pulled out of class the next day by a counselor or admin because a parent called and complained that I violated an accommodation.  Your kids are distracted more by school laptops. [/quote]

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