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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent with one DC in private HS, one in MCPS MS. Mcps DC is supposed to be a phones away all day school but does not have yonder pouches. Enforcement and compliance has been uneven to put it mildly. Private HS where older DC attends requires students to put phones on silent and in a basket by the classroom door. They are not allowed to use them in the hallways or at lunch in the dining hall. There are some lounge areas where they can use phones on breaks, things are bit more relaxed at lunch if kids are outside. You are written up if you are caught breaking the rules and if you get X number of write ups, you receive a punishment. Obviously its a smaller school, but why wouldn’t a phone basket in class work for MCPS?[/quote]

Theft. Damage.

Teachers can’t be stationary by the door or their desk to keep an eye on the basket.

Teacher writes Larla a bathroom pass and on her way out, Larla pauses by the basket. She may have slipped Destiny’s phone into her pocket when no one is looking. All Destiny knows at the end of the period is that her phone is gone and Larla was over there. Larla says she doesn’t need to steal because she isn’t poor like Destiny. Destiny proceeds to beat Larla like a drum. Later, Destiny’s phone is found in the period supplies basket in the nearest girls’ restroom.

Or Cannon is having a really bad day because the teacher asked him to stop trying to search inappropriate content to show to the kid next to him. He starts throwing objects in the classroom. In the ensuing chaos, Piper trips bumped the basket off the table.  There are several cracked screens. Who is to blame? Cannon? Piper? The teacher, of course. [/quote]

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