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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So we are middle schoolers but what happens in high school? Do teachers take phones from someone watching a video with airbuds or quietly texting? Obviously loud disruptions would be handled but what happens for more subtle “note passing” style of phone use?[/quote]

We are in LCPS but it currently depends on both the teacher and also the student. A good student with A’s and completed work watching Netflix with airbuds at the end of class is going to be ignored by most teachers. [/quote]

Disagree. We are ALL in as a staff now that  we finally have a policy that supports this. Before we couldn’t enforce and had no county policy to to reference for doing so- now we do. We’ve been waiting years for this. I had every single kid in every class today put theirs in a numbered pouch that matched the number on their desk so I know exactly who didn’t put their phone up if someone tries to claim they didn’t didn’t. Every kid did. The pouch is in a place up by me that they can’t go by or access when they’re walking out to leave for the bathroom. I will give ZERO leeway on this even though I know in week 2-3 the pushback will start and we will have to reset the expectation after breaks.

Everyone is in on this, we had a 90 minute staff meeting about it and how to enforce it consistently. The only teachers who won’t are the dodos with no classroom management who will let a kid say “I don’t have a phone” and get away with it (which one tried today and I said “yes you do now get it up there” and he caved). They will continue fighting the unwinnable phone battle but the ones who are consistent and hold the line will finally have a policy to enforce it and consequence if not. MOST of us are not going to just “let Netflix slide” and then give every other kid an open pass to also flout the rule and have their phone. [/quote]

clearly you are not in APS, which is what OP asked about[/quote]

Do you expect different attitude from APS teachers?[/quote]

I have no idea, I assume that's why the question was asked SPECIFIC to APS. [/quote]

Some of the APS parents are insisting their kids have their cell phones.  Apparently, their kids will fall apart without them.[/quote]

Well some kids actually will, but it's clear you don't care.[/quote]

I care about the state of America’s youth.  Take the phone away now or you’ll be paying the bill forever.
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+1 the kids who are overwhelmed with anxiety at not having their phone accessible every minute are the kids who most need school to be phone-free. Obviously they need support to get through the transition and should be getting mental health care but letting anxiety rule by finding work arounds so some kids can have phones is not a long term solution for improving mental health.

And no kid needs to be watching Netflix at school when they finish work. If there's down time they can read, just like we did before smart phones.[/quote]

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And most likely, their parents need some therapy for anxiety as well. I don't want their kid's phone to bring attention to my kid's classroom during a mass shooter event, or a bunch of phones tying up communication lines like 9/11. But mostly, I want kids to learn how to go through a school day/work day without checking their phone every 5 minutes and learning to have dinner out with friends or family without answering texts and phone calls from others, and I want them to LEARN period - that's why they're in school in the first place.[/quote]

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The parent who posted on AEM re: their child having an emergency meeting with their therapist because they were so worried about the possibility of not having access to their phone in an emergency. Ugh. Meeting with the therapist is the right place for that child to work that out--and I don't mean that in an anxiety or mental health bashing way.

Americans are obsessed with the idea that we can create or manufacture safety. My personal opinion is that we've ended up this way because we enjoy relative safety in the U.S. aside from our gun issues, which is a whole other debate and rabbit hole. But it has lead to a generation of Americans who panic and cannot handle any situation that causes them discomfort. I felt the same way during COVID--people couldn't control the virus or the way that their neighbor/city/county/state/country responded to it and freaked out--on both ends of the spectrums. We've lost the ability to tolerate risk and discomfort.

If there is an active shooter situation at my child's school of course I would want to be in touch with them, but, would being in touch with them change the outcome of the active shooter situation? No. Of course not. Communicating with your child by phone will not save their life--back to the gun debate....

Kids and parents can save any necessary messaging for outside of school hours. If a child needs an accommodation, fine, but, otherwise, phones should be away. There is no need.  [/quote]

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