[3chelon]

Yes I find this shocking too. My kids are teenagers and their high school makes them check their phones into a special locker room during school hours.

I hadn't imagined it any other way until other relatives said their kids were actually using their phones in class. It seems utterly insane to me - how is it even possible to teach a class like that?

Schools have always had rules, so it seems like a no-brainer to enforce this one, and if parents complain, ask them to take their kids elsewhere.

[dorchadas]

I've found it worse that parents actually try to call their kids during class. Not text, but call. And then complain when you tell a kid to hang up. It's definitely an issue, and too many principles are afraid of being sued by parents to do much against what they want (and the kids spend more time trying to sneak on their phones than actually paying attention and getting their work done).

[briandear]

Afraid of being sued? For what? What would that lawsuit look like and are there actually any real cases on record for parents suing over in class cell phone bans?

[dorchadas]

Parents will sue for anything, and even if it's frivolous, it still costs the schools money to fight it. And all it would take is one student not being able to contact/be contacted by a parent in an emergency for such a lawsuit to arise, honestly.

[illegalsmile]

From what I've heard around here schools have increasingly less ability to enforce anything especially if it's disciplinary in action. Having not been in school beyond a college-level course in years I can only imagine the effect this is having on classroom learning and participation. Teachers are losing more and more control of their classrooms for frivolous reasons.

I too think it's a no-brainer to enforce a no phone in the classroom situation.