School Cell Phone Rules

[AGDee]

My kids are both in middle school and the rule is "No Cell Phones". They can have them in backpacks, lockers, purses, etc., but if they are seen they are confiscated.
1st Offense: Student can pick it up at the end of the day
2nd Offense: Parent must come in to pick it up
3rd Offense: School keeps it til the end of the year

[TrueBlueKappa]

Originally Posted by AGDee

My kids are both in middle school and the rule is "No Cell Phones". They can have them in backpacks, lockers, purses, etc., but if they are seen they are confiscated.
1st Offense: Student can pick it up at the end of the day
2nd Offense: Parent must come in to pick it up
3rd Offense: School keeps it til the end of the year

This is also the rule at the school where I teach.

[ForeverRoses]

In Cleveland, OH High Schools, they had a no cell phone policy, but they recently changed it because of the school shooting that occurred. Now kids can keep cell phones on them, but they must be turned off unless there is an emergency.

As for keeping the phone for an entire year, that sounds fairly harsh for a first offense. Can you get it back sooner if the parent goes in to the office?

[LeslieAGD]

Originally Posted by AGDee

My kids are both in middle school and the rule is "No Cell Phones". They can have them in backpacks, lockers, purses, etc., but if they are seen they are confiscated.
1st Offense: Student can pick it up at the end of the day
2nd Offense: Parent must come in to pick it up
3rd Offense: School keeps it til the end of the year

This rule is the same as many of the schools where I have taught.

[BaylorBean]

At the HS I work at we have a pretty hard line policy. No phones are to be seen or heard durring school hours. If a phone is seen or heard we have to take it from the student, attach their student profile to it and turn it into administration. Once administration has it, it is turned over to the police department who hold on to it for at least a week. They then send a postcard to the parents telling them they can pick up their childs phone but must pay a $15 fine.

This is a district wide policy as well not just at our school specifically.

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

. Even during football games, etc, any adult caught with a pager would be required to leave it in their car. The only way they could keep it on them is if they proved they were a doctor.

That's taking it a little to far IMO. As an adult, no one should be telling me I can't have a pager/cell phone during a HS football game and I know I'd be pretty pissed off if that was what I was told.

Originally Posted by BaylorBean

At the HS I work at we have a pretty hard line policy. No phones are to be seen or heard durring school hours. If a phone is seen or heard we have to take it from the student, attach their student profile to it and turn it into administration. Once administration has it, it is turned over to the police department who hold on to it for at least a week. They then send a postcard to the parents telling them they can pick up their childs phone but must pay a $15 fine.

This is a district wide policy as well not just at our school specifically.

Yikes. That's a bit tough, getting the police involved. Is there a reasoning behind that?

[LeslieAGD]

Originally Posted by BaylorBean

Once administration has it, it is turned over to the police department who hold on to it for at least a week. They then send a postcard to the parents telling them they can pick up their childs phone but must pay a $15 fine.

I think turning it over to the police is harsh, but I really like the fine idea.