Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 22:01     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

^^ charging station that locks.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 22:01     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

The Sycamore School in Arlington. They get checked into a...holding cell. Can use during lunch and between classes but only in the open while being watched.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 20:15     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

WES
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 19:31     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

Dominion Christian - phones dropped in phone basket at front desk on entry.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 18:55     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

Burgundy Farm (devices must be off and stored away).
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 17:56     Subject: Re:which middle schools have phone bans?

STA
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 16:40     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

WIS
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 16:04     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

Our Catholic k-8 in Arlington is phone free. I’d be surprised if any of the Catholic schools allowed phones.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 15:34     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

St. Anselm's.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 15:32     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

Anonymous wrote:At Field, MS kids must turn in their cell phones and smartwatches each morning and pick them up at the end of the school day.


Ditto for Burke.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 15:32     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

I think the majority of them do for MS. Might be easier to ask which don’t.

But our personal experience - Congressional and SSSAS do.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 15:19     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

Anonymous wrote:Spinning off the GDS thread, I was wondering if we could compile a list of middle schools that have or are on the verge of banning phones. I have a rising 5th grader and will soon be looking at schools for next year and given my older child's experience of middle school i would LOVE to have a phone-free middle school this time around.


Edmund Burke requires them to be turned into the division head's office each morning.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 15:17     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

Stone Ridge- Yondr pouches this year.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 14:54     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

At Field, MS kids must turn in their cell phones and smartwatches each morning and pick them up at the end of the school day.
Anonymous
Post 08/13/2024 14:51     Subject: which middle schools have phone bans?

Spinning off the GDS thread, I was wondering if we could compile a list of middle schools that have or are on the verge of banning phones. I have a rising 5th grader and will soon be looking at schools for next year and given my older child's experience of middle school i would LOVE to have a phone-free middle school this time around.