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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG you are just an ass.  Parent paranoia about unknown results of unknown quantitate data on delicate growing brains is actually LEGIT.  If you are just a DCI booster, get a grip -- while many of your peers may have concluded there are no known risks, don't dis your fellow parents who may be worrying.  That's ALL I'M SAYING.  YOUR WAY there is not the HIGHWAY EVERYWHERE.  And by the way, watch how much you and your kids put the cell to the head.  [/quote]

Not a DCI booster or prospective parent --- we're delighted with our DCPS.

But: the point here is that the effects are not unknown.  They have been studied.   We know the answer. The parent paranoia is based on unwillingness to accept reality and a choice to cling to an alternate reality instead.

I'm really worried by the increasing number of presumably educated people in our country who seem to believe that they have a right to select what to believe (and then expect government to act according to their wishes) regardless of the science and objective reality say.  Apparently, there are people at DCI trying to get the school to make policy based on fears of radiation that is almost undetectable compared to background radiation (and far weaker than direct sunlight).  In Washington state, we have people making public heath policy based on fears that fluoride in the water causes cancer.   In California, there are whole school districts where herd immunity to diseases we conquered long ago is threatened by people choosing to read nutty internet articles rather than actual science.  It's a problem, and it needs to be called out.

Meanwhile, hunger, homelessness, violence, addiction, poorly designed standardized tests and all the other real issues that our schools need to deal with are still out there.
[/quote]Radiation or not, a tech focus is just not good for kids. The science, hopefully the type okay with you, supports that. Until the school finds a balance, it'll be no for our family.[/quote]

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