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Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

OK, that’s your decision. But don’t come on here later on and say that the process doesn’t work.

phones in school aren't something I care about. I care about constant fights, kids ditching and hanging out in hallways, loudly disruptive kids in class. If the schools cared about those issues, then I might care when my kid is quietly on a phone

You know what causes half those issues? Phones. They text eachother when to meet up in the hall to fight, when to meet up in the bathroom to do drugs. They use their phones to record people and bully them.

You know what prevents the same kids who get in fights every day from getting in fights? Removing them from the school

No, that might prevent them from fighting at school, but it certainly doesn't prevent them from fighting.

Then it's an FCPD problem not and FCPS problem. I care about m kid attending a safe school where they don't have to deal with that kind of crap on a regular basis. Removing the kids who participate in it would make me happy. If the kids want to brawl on their own time, I don't care

I agree with this. Our schools have true safety issues and this is what they are going at. Anyone remember Chantilly HS having a random person enter school during bus arrival-I do. This year an Ex-student entered Westfield the same way. Let's fix safety issues and major out of control behaviors in the schools.

Part of this is cell phone use. Coordinating which doors to go through, inviting people into the building and meeting them, restroom meet ups. This is all done through cell phones.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

OK, that’s your decision. But don’t come on here later on and say that the process doesn’t work.

phones in school aren't something I care about. I care about constant fights, kids ditching and hanging out in hallways, loudly disruptive kids in class. If the schools cared about those issues, then I might care when my kid is quietly on a phone

You know what causes half those issues? Phones. They text eachother when to meet up in the hall to fight, when to meet up in the bathroom to do drugs. They use their phones to record people and bully them.

You know what prevents the same kids who get in fights every day from getting in fights? Removing them from the school

No, that might prevent them from fighting at school, but it certainly doesn't prevent them from fighting.

Then it's an FCPD problem not and FCPS problem. I care about m kid attending a safe school where they don't have to deal with that kind of crap on a regular basis. Removing the kids who participate in it would make me happy. If the kids want to brawl on their own time, I don't care

I agree with this. Our schools have true safety issues and this is what they are going at. Anyone remember Chantilly HS having a random person enter school during bus arrival-I do. This year an Ex-student entered Westfield the same way. Let's fix safety issues and major out of control behaviors in the schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

OK, that’s your decision. But don’t come on here later on and say that the process doesn’t work.

phones in school aren't something I care about. I care about constant fights, kids ditching and hanging out in hallways, loudly disruptive kids in class. If the schools cared about those issues, then I might care when my kid is quietly on a phone

You know what causes half those issues? Phones. They text eachother when to meet up in the hall to fight, when to meet up in the bathroom to do drugs. They use their phones to record people and bully them.

You know what prevents the same kids who get in fights every day from getting in fights? Removing them from the school

No, that might prevent them from fighting at school, but it certainly doesn't prevent them from fighting.

Then it's an FCPD problem not and FCPS problem. I care about m kid attending a safe school where they don't have to deal with that kind of crap on a regular basis. Removing the kids who participate in it would make me happy. If the kids want to brawl on their own time, I don't care

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why the school expects kids to take the pouches home, that seems like a recipe for failure. Why can't they just leave them in a box at the entrance of school like other school districts do?

Yeah I'm not paying for a lost pouch. I'm all for parenting my kid and letting them know that it stays away during class time but I'm not getting behind this ridiculous plan. I feel bad for staff-this is more on them.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

And this is why teachers hate your screen addicted kid.
Signed,
a HS teacher

Why would they need a second phone? Just don't put anything in the pouch. Phone is at home or kid does not have a phone.

If they aren't requiring kids to put something in the pouch, how does it work?

How could they require each kid to put something in the pouch? Not every middle schooler has a phone.

And is there staff to monitor the contents of the bag?

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

And this is why teachers hate your screen addicted kid.
Signed,
a HS teacher

Why would they need a second phone? Just don't put anything in the pouch. Phone is at home or kid does not have a phone.

If they aren't requiring kids to put something in the pouch, how does it work?

How could they require each kid to put something in the pouch? Not every middle schooler has a phone.

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Anonymous wrote:They will still have access to Google chat so I don’t see the point. They are always on laptops in class.

Always?
Unlikely, but this forum is filled with parents who exaggerate.

DP, and I'm all for eliminating the phones, but as soon as this was announced, my MS student's group chat was full of discussion about how they'd just talk via G chat instead.

I mean, yes, they’re going to talk on G chat instead. But if the phones are locked up they can’t be recording stupid TikTok bathroom vandalizing challenges or recording kids in the bathroom or zoning out with headphones in class.

And I also agree this pilot would have been more effective at the HS level- but, baby steps I guess. We’ll see how it goes. Interested to hear from parents at these schools as to how much time the “unlocking” adds at dismissal.

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Anonymous wrote:They will still have access to Google chat so I don’t see the point. They are always on laptops in class.

Always?
Unlikely, but this forum is filled with parents who exaggerate.

DP, and I'm all for eliminating the phones, but as soon as this was announced, my MS student's group chat was full of discussion about how they'd just talk via G chat instead.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

OK, that’s your decision. But don’t come on here later on and say that the process doesn’t work.

phones in school aren't something I care about. I care about constant fights, kids ditching and hanging out in hallways, loudly disruptive kids in class. If the schools cared about those issues, then I might care when my kid is quietly on a phone

You know what causes half those issues? Phones. They text eachother when to meet up in the hall to fight, when to meet up in the bathroom to do drugs. They use their phones to record people and bully them.

You know what prevents the same kids who get in fights every day from getting in fights? Removing them from the school

No, that might prevent them from fighting at school, but it certainly doesn't prevent them from fighting.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

OK, that’s your decision. But don’t come on here later on and say that the process doesn’t work.

phones in school aren't something I care about. I care about constant fights, kids ditching and hanging out in hallways, loudly disruptive kids in class. If the schools cared about those issues, then I might care when my kid is quietly on a phone

You know what causes half those issues? Phones. They text eachother when to meet up in the hall to fight, when to meet up in the bathroom to do drugs. They use their phones to record people and bully them.

You know what prevents the same kids who get in fights every day from getting in fights? Removing them from the school

+1 the real problem is inclusion and not having a zero tolerance policy for fighting at school.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

OK, that’s your decision. But don’t come on here later on and say that the process doesn’t work.

phones in school aren't something I care about. I care about constant fights, kids ditching and hanging out in hallways, loudly disruptive kids in class. If the schools cared about those issues, then I might care when my kid is quietly on a phone

You know what causes half those issues? Phones. They text eachother when to meet up in the hall to fight, when to meet up in the bathroom to do drugs. They use their phones to record people and bully them.

You know what prevents the same kids who get in fights every day from getting in fights? Removing them from the school

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

And this is why teachers hate your screen addicted kid.
Signed,
a HS teacher

Why would they need a second phone? Just don't put anything in the pouch. Phone is at home or kid does not have a phone.

If they aren't requiring kids to put something in the pouch, how does it work?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

OK, that’s your decision. But don’t come on here later on and say that the process doesn’t work.

phones in school aren't something I care about. I care about constant fights, kids ditching and hanging out in hallways, loudly disruptive kids in class. If the schools cared about those issues, then I might care when my kid is quietly on a phone

You know what causes half those issues? Phones. They text eachother when to meet up in the hall to fight, when to meet up in the bathroom to do drugs. They use their phones to record people and bully them.

+1000. The classroom distraction is only one piece of the phone issue. The issues listed above are a bigger problem in my opinion. I've seen parents fight tooth and nail against any consequences in the case of recording other students. It's appalling.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

And this is why teachers hate your screen addicted kid.
Signed,
a HS teacher

Why would they need a second phone? Just don't put anything in the pouch. Phone is at home or kid does not have a phone.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll buy my kid a $10 dummy phone to put in the pouch.

OK, that’s your decision. But don’t come on here later on and say that the process doesn’t work.

phones in school aren't something I care about. I care about constant fights, kids ditching and hanging out in hallways, loudly disruptive kids in class. If the schools cared about those issues, then I might care when my kid is quietly on a phone

You know what causes half those issues? Phones. They text eachother when to meet up in the hall to fight, when to meet up in the bathroom to do drugs. They use their phones to record people and bully them.