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Anonymous wrote:We know they don’t HAVE to be in place til Jan 1 but school years don’t run by legislative calendars and with kids, the way you want things to run is the way you have to start. You can’t just switch up on Jan 1 and undo bad habits and rules that have been in place all year. It only makes sense to begin the policy now. That being said, the teachers who hold firm on it will see great results. I’ve had the best two first days of school in years with it. I have seen kids in the hall with their phone, which is NOT allowed per the policy, and those teachers will continue to fight the battle and lose because they couldn’t be firm and set the expectation on day 1. There is zero downside to it- the kids are talking more and not rushing through stuff to try to sneak their phone and make a pass to go meet their friends in the hall or bathroom since they can’t coordinate.

High schoolers are 100% allowed to have phones in the hallway and at lunch under the current policy. I understand that is likely changing but for now it’s explicitly allowed by the June school board policy.

In the halls during PASSING PERIOD. Not during class. They aren’t allowed to have them in the hall if they’re going to the bathroom, which is when I’m seeing them.

Ha! Well our school basically doesn't allow students to go to the bathroom, and highly discourages it (even before the cell phone thing) so maybe that's why I'm not hearing much about that. Its by far our biggest beef with the school. Good kids who just need to pee or deal with their period are treated like criminals or liars.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We know they don’t HAVE to be in place til Jan 1 but school years don’t run by legislative calendars and with kids, the way you want things to run is the way you have to start. You can’t just switch up on Jan 1 and undo bad habits and rules that have been in place all year. It only makes sense to begin the policy now. That being said, the teachers who hold firm on it will see great results. I’ve had the best two first days of school in years with it. I have seen kids in the hall with their phone, which is NOT allowed per the policy, and those teachers will continue to fight the battle and lose because they couldn’t be firm and set the expectation on day 1. There is zero downside to it- the kids are talking more and not rushing through stuff to try to sneak their phone and make a pass to go meet their friends in the hall or bathroom since they can’t coordinate.

High schoolers are 100% allowed to have phones in the hallway and at lunch under the current policy. I understand that is likely changing but for now it’s explicitly allowed by the June school board policy.

In the halls during PASSING PERIOD. Not during class. They aren’t allowed to have them in the hall if they’re going to the bathroom, which is when I’m seeing them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We know they don’t HAVE to be in place til Jan 1 but school years don’t run by legislative calendars and with kids, the way you want things to run is the way you have to start. You can’t just switch up on Jan 1 and undo bad habits and rules that have been in place all year. It only makes sense to begin the policy now. That being said, the teachers who hold firm on it will see great results. I’ve had the best two first days of school in years with it. I have seen kids in the hall with their phone, which is NOT allowed per the policy, and those teachers will continue to fight the battle and lose because they couldn’t be firm and set the expectation on day 1. There is zero downside to it- the kids are talking more and not rushing through stuff to try to sneak their phone and make a pass to go meet their friends in the hall or bathroom since they can’t coordinate.

High schoolers are 100% allowed to have phones in the hallway and at lunch under the current policy. I understand that is likely changing but for now it’s explicitly allowed by the June school board policy.

Anonymous wrote:We know they don’t HAVE to be in place til Jan 1 but school years don’t run by legislative calendars and with kids, the way you want things to run is the way you have to start. You can’t just switch up on Jan 1 and undo bad habits and rules that have been in place all year. It only makes sense to begin the policy now. That being said, the teachers who hold firm on it will see great results. I’ve had the best two first days of school in years with it. I have seen kids in the hall with their phone, which is NOT allowed per the policy, and those teachers will continue to fight the battle and lose because they couldn’t be firm and set the expectation on day 1. There is zero downside to it- the kids are talking more and not rushing through stuff to try to sneak their phone and make a pass to go meet their friends in the hall or bathroom since they can’t coordinate.

Anonymous wrote:The current policy is here: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/loudoun/Board.nsf/files/D7VMTS571DC2/$file/8655.pdf

You can also access it from the First Day Information site if you scroll down to Technology: https://www.lcps.org/page/first-day-information

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Anonymous wrote:First day of school is on Thursday. Still haven’t been told we can’t bring anything.

Because you can bring it. It’s that it will be put into a phone storage thing in each class - we all have one and this is the plan everyone I spoke to at other schools at our countywide PD day said their school is doing. It’s on a charger (in back of room or at teacher desk) or in the phone pockets. It does NOT remain with the students in their backpack. they get it on their way out of class and put it in the pocket again next class. They can have it during class switch, lunch, study hall.