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Anonymous wrote:They're banned from our MCPS MS. If students use them during thr school day they get confiscated, can't get it back until dismissal.

wow I'm shocked that some parents didn't complain about this and raise a stink to CO. What MS is this?

I wish our HS did this.

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Anonymous wrote:Parents are absolutely the problem and to blame. And now schools are being blamed for the poor attention, learning, and lack of meaningful socialization so they want schools to fix the issue by banning phones. Most schools already have a policy for putting phones away, but now they will have to invest in pouches and a lock boxes to manage the fix.

Meanwhile budget cuts.

Schools are blamed because:

1. They a policy on paper but don't enforce
2. Some teachers encourage phone use despite the written policy because they want to be the "cool teacher" or don't want to come up with something else to fill the down time once busywork is done
3. School systems make each individual school come up with their own way of handling the issue without giving additional resources to make enforcement effective

Private schools don't have this problem because they implement phone bans and follow through.

Schools don't have the authority to confiscate private property.

Sure they do. Schools do have the authority to set and enforce rules and confiscate items that are dangerous or get in the way of order.

Yes, but that doesn't extend to confiscating personal property. That's called theft and someone is going to press charges.

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Serious question: do you monitor your child's screen time during the school day? I ask because the parents who are adamant about their kids having cell phones in school usually also have kids who average 5-6 hours per day during school hours and text their kids constantly throughout the day.

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

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Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

At our HS the kids are expected to use them for different groups and classes. And, use their student ID on their phone. I want to know where my child is and to be able to communicate with them. There are no more pay phones in school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

You want to know where your child is at?!? At school!
Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

At our HS the kids are expected to use them for different groups and classes. And, use their student ID on their phone. I want to know where my child is and to be able to communicate with them. There are no more pay phones in school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

Why is your kid having a phone so important to you? You think they won’t survive like everyone else used to without phones? You’re a major part of the problem.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

If you don’t want your child to have a phone, don’t give your child a phone. Why do you feel the need to make rules or bans for everyone else’s children?

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Anonymous wrote:Mine don’t have phones still, but you can’t ban them entirely. Many do need them for after-school activities, communicating where they are, work arrangements, etc

No, they don’t.

And you don’t need to be on dcum, but here you are

Anonymous wrote:All the research is out, phones are awful for our kids. Not to mention they never belonged in classrooms to begin with. Is there any movement by MCPS to ban phones in classrooms? What’s the best way to organize for banning phones? School by school or at the MCPS level?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents are absolutely the problem and to blame. And now schools are being blamed for the poor attention, learning, and lack of meaningful socialization so they want schools to fix the issue by banning phones. Most schools already have a policy for putting phones away, but now they will have to invest in pouches and a lock boxes to manage the fix.

Meanwhile budget cuts.

Schools are blamed because:

1. They a policy on paper but don't enforce
2. Some teachers encourage phone use despite the written policy because they want to be the "cool teacher" or don't want to come up with something else to fill the down time once busywork is done
3. School systems make each individual school come up with their own way of handling the issue without giving additional resources to make enforcement effective

Private schools don't have this problem because they implement phone bans and follow through.

Schools don't have the authority to confiscate private property.

Sure they do. Schools do have the authority to set and enforce rules and confiscate items that are dangerous or get in the way of order.

Yes, but that doesn't extend to confiscating personal property. That's called theft and someone is going to press charges.

That's not theft and this is why kids are so out of control.

When a person forcibly takes your property it sure is theft. I'd report this to MCPD ASAP and press charges.

Anonymous wrote:They're banned from our MCPS MS. If students use them during thr school day they get confiscated, can't get it back until dismissal.