School Cell Phone Rules

[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.