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Anonymous wrote:My son's school requires it to be kept in his locker bell to bell. He can have it at lunch. I find it is useful for him to have it with him generally, as extracurriculars and sports seem to have constant schedule changes.

Sports sports sports. How did anyone survive playing games after school without a phone.

My kids drive to sports practice and back. I want them to have a phone. This thread is bizarre. I think back to times as a teen and young woman when I REALLY wish I had a phone if only for safety and being able to reach someone.

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Anonymous wrote:Tell me about your kid's experience if they were not allowed to bring their cell phone to high school. Did they feel left out during lunch time ? What were the pros and cons

Cons - they can't add a new friend's number into their phone; they can't use the calendar feature to help them stay on task for deadlines, events, etc; they can't text you if there's a school shooting. Maybe I'm an anxious Annie but these are the things that run through my head.

I believe this is sarcasm? None of what you said is a con. If you truly believe this, then please get yourself professional help.

- They can add a new phone number by writing their friends number on a paper and plugging it into the phone later (keep in mind, this is not an emergency)

- You write down reminders and events on.... paper with a pencil

-If there is a school shooting, there is no way I can save my child because he is able to text me. There are phones in every classroom. Intercom system throughout the building. The last thing you want is for a phone to go off while hiding.

Exactly right. I hope all the posters who are upset because of the Chromebook usage aren’t the ones worrying about students surviving without a phone.

Our schools give each student a calendar attached to a notebook. I’m sure most of your students also have one.

A pen and paper can be used for information given to student from student. Just one cute example - My daughter’s friend wrote her the nicest note on Valentine’s Day on a piece of paper and she was able to save it. A text wouldn’t be the same.

The school shooting excuse is kind of silly.

Anonymous wrote:My son's school requires it to be kept in his locker bell to bell. He can have it at lunch. I find it is useful for him to have it with him generally, as extracurriculars and sports seem to have constant schedule changes.

Sports sports sports. How did anyone survive playing games after school without a phone.

Our school has no phones for middle school (phones stay with advisor all day), which worked fine. They had iPads and did a lot of pen and paper work.

Ironically our high school relies on the kids having phones. My kids get emails and even texts from admin, coaches, teacher throughout the day. Plus tons of apps and online materials used. Technically all of this can run through the laptop but it’s a PITA. Oh! Wait—kids need phones to unlock the doors on the buildings, so that’s one thing the laptop doesn’t work for.

Anonymous wrote:My kids have straight A’s in hard classes. I don’t mind if they have their phone as long as they follow staff instructions for it, which they do.

+1 my kid has straight As in all classes. We don’t care. They don’t use it during class.

My kids have straight A’s in hard classes. I don’t mind if they have their phone as long as they follow staff instructions for it, which they do.

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Anonymous wrote:I teach at a middle school and there is no phone policy in place. It is horrific. For those whose schools require phones to be locked up, how exactly does it work? Do students actually give up their phones? Students will say that they did not bring it but it is clearly in their pocket. We can not force it out. Please explain how the process works from start to finish, thank you!

We're at a private school. That's how it works. When the teachers say hand over their phone, the kids have to because the consequences escalate if they don't and parents who don't back up the reasonable consequences will find their family counseled out.

I know the publics have much stricter rules on doing things like not searching backpacks without parental consent because my teacher friends tell me all the ways their hands are tied with respect to things like drugs at school.

I am the teacher you responded to, thank you! The children here will literally have the phone in their hand and say they don't have a phone. We can not take it. Admin can not take it either. If the student is nice enough to give it up (rarely) then admin can hold on to it until the end of the day. But we truly can not do anything and the students know. We are not backed by the school or district so no consequences can be given.

Anonymous wrote:I teach at a middle school and there is no phone policy in place. It is horrific. For those whose schools require phones to be locked up, how exactly does it work? Do students actually give up their phones? Students will say that they did not bring it but it is clearly in their pocket. We can not force it out. Please explain how the process works from start to finish, thank you!

We're at a private school. That's how it works. When the teachers say hand over their phone, the kids have to because the consequences escalate if they don't and parents who don't back up the reasonable consequences will find their family counseled out.

I know the publics have much stricter rules on doing things like not searching backpacks without parental consent because my teacher friends tell me all the ways their hands are tied with respect to things like drugs at school.

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Anonymous wrote:Tell me about your kid's experience if they were not allowed to bring their cell phone to high school. Did they feel left out during lunch time ? What were the pros and cons

Cons - they can't add a new friend's number into their phone; they can't use the calendar feature to help them stay on task for deadlines, events, etc; they can't text you if there's a school shooting. Maybe I'm an anxious Annie but these are the things that run through my head.

I hear this all the time and it makes no sense to me - if there is a shooting, I want my kid using as much situational awareness as possible, not head down texting me! And I don’t want my kid shot because Larlo doesn’t know how silent mode works and his mom texts him about pickup at the exact wrong time and the shooter hears the beep.

I feel the same. I want them paying attention to what they need to be doing. Selfishly and morbidly I wouldn't want our last words to be panicked cries but the "I love you" we say on the way out the door.

It also send a bad message to kids. "The world is dangerous. You need this tether to me at all times."

Routine active shooter drills already sent that message to kids.

That they need to be tethered to their parents with their phones?

That the world is dangerous.

Anonymous wrote:I teach at a middle school and there is no phone policy in place. It is horrific. For those whose schools require phones to be locked up, how exactly does it work? Do students actually give up their phones? Students will say that they did not bring it but it is clearly in their pocket. We can not force it out. Please explain how the process works from start to finish, thank you!

Here is the policy in our district pp. it’s pretty black and white - phones and devices are off and away all day at school in ALL school in our district. The consequences are steep for not doing it.

This is a good thing op, research supports it, teachers support it. Phones are a major distraction from academics and healthy social interaction with peers and your kid truly doesn’t actually need to be tethered to you and the world at all times - it’s actually a good thing for kids to learn how to navigate issues WITHOUT texting mom or dad first. Having a watch seems great, in 6th grade even for example I understand how we think it seems like a good idea, except now kids don’t even navigate small issues themselves. They text mom and ask what to do from their watch. This is not necessarily a plus. They need to learn how to think the problem through themselves, be brave enough to ask another adult. These are life skills. Let them untether.

https://www.apsva.us/health-safety/cell-phone-policy-guidance/#:~:text=Effective%20Jan.,of%20time%20during%20the%20day.

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Anonymous wrote:Tell me about your kid's experience if they were not allowed to bring their cell phone to high school. Did they feel left out during lunch time ? What were the pros and cons

Cons - they can't add a new friend's number into their phone; they can't use the calendar feature to help them stay on task for deadlines, events, etc; they can't text you if there's a school shooting. Maybe I'm an anxious Annie but these are the things that run through my head.

I hear this all the time and it makes no sense to me - if there is a shooting, I want my kid using as much situational awareness as possible, not head down texting me! And I don’t want my kid shot because Larlo doesn’t know how silent mode works and his mom texts him about pickup at the exact wrong time and the shooter hears the beep.

I feel the same. I want them paying attention to what they need to be doing. Selfishly and morbidly I wouldn't want our last words to be panicked cries but the "I love you" we say on the way out the door.

It also send a bad message to kids. "The world is dangerous. You need this tether to me at all times."

Routine active shooter drills already sent that message to kids.

That they need to be tethered to their parents with their phones?

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Anonymous wrote:Tell me about your kid's experience if they were not allowed to bring their cell phone to high school. Did they feel left out during lunch time ? What were the pros and cons

Cons - they can't add a new friend's number into their phone; they can't use the calendar feature to help them stay on task for deadlines, events, etc; they can't text you if there's a school shooting. Maybe I'm an anxious Annie but these are the things that run through my head.

I believe this is sarcasm? None of what you said is a con. If you truly believe this, then please get yourself professional help.

- They can add a new phone number by writing their friends number on a paper and plugging it into the phone later (keep in mind, this is not an emergency)

- You write down reminders and events on.... paper with a pencil

-If there is a school shooting, there is no way I can save my child because he is able to text me. There are phones in every classroom. Intercom system throughout the building. The last thing you want is for a phone to go off while hiding.

I teach at a middle school and there is no phone policy in place. It is horrific. For those whose schools require phones to be locked up, how exactly does it work? Do students actually give up their phones? Students will say that they did not bring it but it is clearly in their pocket. We can not force it out. Please explain how the process works from start to finish, thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:Our school bans phones in high school.

Every school needs to ban phones entirely.

Away for the day works pretty well. At our school if a student is caught with their phone, parents have to come pick it up.

That is a step in the right direction.

Phones + teens = toxic.

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Anonymous wrote:Our school bans phones in high school.

Every school needs to ban phones entirely.

Away for the day works pretty well. At our school if a student is caught with their phone, parents have to come pick it up.