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Felicity Felicity potter on April 29, 2024 at 4:01 pm
I wanted to say they could use them during free periods but what will happen is that each class will end up being a free period. There will we whining, begging, all kinds of things to get the teacher to say, “okay, just for today” and then we’ll be right back where we are. I have a master’s degree in educating students, not being a phone monitor. I’d like to be able to teach under one rule and not have to think about what to do today. The kids that need them for medical reasons will have a 504 or IEP stating that, so that’s just an excuse.
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Kari on April 29, 2024 at 4:26 pm
The kids I drive to school have talked about how much anxiety they have about school shootings and how having a phone helps that anxiety. Honestly as a parent it helps mine too.
I am a parent and a former educator. I know it is difficult to deal with kids and phones but I don’t think a ban is realistic or even necessarily healthy. Teaching kids how to handle and balance the use of a device is important though.
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Carryn on April 29, 2024 at 4:45 pm
Until we get a handle on guns, I want my teen to have her phone with her. Though I do think it does create more work for parents and teachers. Discussions about what they see on social media and monitoring has to happen. And we as parents need to model healthy phone use too.
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Rebecca Taft on April 29, 2024 at 4:55 pm
My son’s HS has a no phones policy. When he walks on campus it must be turned off and gets turned into a phone shelf as he enters each class. But I’m glad he has access to it. His school was locked down last week because of a gun on the HS campus next door and his teacher immediately gave the boys their phones back to allow them to contact us.
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What a world. Thanks for sharing that perspective, and so glad he and his friends are okay.
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