School Cell Phone Rules

[epchick]

Originally Posted by carnation

Can anyone tell me what the cell phone rules are in local secondary schools? Does anyone's school have a rule that states that the school can keep a phone that's been taken up until the end of the year? (Is that even legal?)

Regarding cellphones...the rules that I can remember from HS were pretty much that cellphones were not allowed. If a student HAD to carry a cellphone, then it must be kept off or on silent. The cellphone had to be kept in a locker or somewhere far so it wouldn't distract the student.

If the teacher catches you with a cell phone they can confiscate it. It really is up to the teacher, they can give it back to you at the end of the class period, day, or they can turn it into the office. If it is turned into the office then they will call the parents let them know that the cellphone is confiscated and that they can pick it up or the student will get it back at the end of the semester.

I'm not sure of the legality, but it probably is since it hasn't been fought yet.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by epchick

Regarding cellphones...the rules that I can remember from HS were pretty much that cellphones were not allowed. If a student HAD to carry a cellphone, then it must be kept off or on silent. The cellphone had to be kept in a locker or somewhere far so it wouldn't distract the student.

If the teacher catches you with a cell phone they can confiscate it. It really is up to the teacher, they can give it back to you at the end of the class period, day, or they can turn it into the office. If it is turned into the office then they will call the parents let them know that the cellphone is confiscated and that they can pick it up or the student will get it back at the end of the semester.

I'm not sure of the legality, but it probably is since it hasn't been fought yet.

That's what the rules were like when I was in junior & high school... but in my corner of the world, cell phones weren't wildly popular yet at that age... now kids carry cell phones as young as 5 (no kidding ...) with texting and cameras embedded in most all phones now I would imagine the rules have gotten even more strict because they can be distractions and/or ways to cheat during exams.

[nittanyalum]

Back when I was in school, if you dropped your quarter for the pay phone and interrupted the teacher, MAN were you in trouble...

Where's my walker?

[ree-Xi]

There was ONE payphone in my high school. It was in the school lobby, which in and of itself was off-limits during classes. So between 7:40 and 1:50 (GASP!) the only way to reach you was to call the main office, at which point you were paged over the PA system. And it better be an emergency!