Mobile phone confiscated

System

bod1467 wrote: »

I suspect MM means the phone use/confiscation wasn't a first offence.

That makes more sense!

MamaMoo_2

goater78 wrote: »

That makes more sense!

Yeah, it was a case of her having her phone regularly confiscated as opposed to being a regular target for abductors, thankfully!

halibut2209

It was probably one of the teachers

wealdroam

halibut2209 wrote: »

There were about 20 parents there today waiting for phones, and a lot of them were very very angry!

Perhaps some of that anger should be directed towards their children.

If the children had not broken the rules, there would be no need for the parents to attend the school to collect phones, would there?

I suspect that the school wants to inconvenience the parents... simply to enlist the parents' help in enforcing the school rules.

halibut2209

I can see that, but as people here are prone to say, this forum is about "rights", not "wants"

What right do the school have to keep students' personal property outside of school hours?

unholyangel

wealdroam wrote: »

Perhaps some of that anger should be directed towards their children.

If the children had not broken the rules, there would be no need for the parents to attend the school to collect phones, would there?

I suspect that the school wants to inconvenience the parents... simply to enlist the parents' help in enforcing the school rules.

If I understood his post correctly, the kids had previously been told they were allowed to use the phones there (and it was during lunchtime). School have subsequently moved the goalposts without (apparently) notifying either parents or students.

If that's the case, I don't really think the kids can be blamed.

wealdroam

unholyangel wrote: »

If I understood his post correctly, the kids had previously been told they were allowed to use the phones there (and it was during lunchtime). School have subsequently moved the goalposts without (apparently) notifying either parents or students.

If that's the case, I don't really think the kids can be blamed.

Oh, I'd agree with you if the only people who knew about the rule was the staff.

I didn't get that impression from post#4.

unholyangel

wealdroam wrote: »

Oh, I'd agree with you if the only people who knew about the rule was the staff.

I didn't get that impression from post#4.

Agreed, but this part gave the impression theres been a change in rules.

Perhaps halibut can clarify for us and whether it is a case of area allowed to use their mobile officially or an area allowed unofficially?

halibut2209 wrote: »

This is a new rule here. The phone was taken at lunchtime which has always been allowed up to now. It's a brand new building with an area specifically for people to use their phones at lunch, so no idea why they are now going back on it.

pinkshoes

At the school I teach at, pupils are NOT permitted to use their mobile phone whilst at school.

It is to remain hidden in their bags all day and on silent or switched off.

This policy is in place to prevent bullying via text/facebook etc during school hours, not to mention phones going off in class.

The school policy is VERY clear that if a pupil is caught using their phone, it will be confiscated, and their parents can collect it at the end of the day.

The parents know this, the pupils know this. There is only the child to blame if the parents have to come in. The policy is fair and very clear.

MamaMoo wrote: »

My school used to have the same rule.
As it was a very good school, there were students coming from miles around (for example, I lived over an hour away, and there were students who lived further away than myself)
The school confiscated one of the girls' phones. Before the girl left school she phoned her mom from the office to tell her about the situation. Her mom asked the school to return the phone as she lived too far away to come and collect the phone that day, but didn't want her daughter to do such a long journey without her phone.
School refused, and so the girl had to go home without a phone.
Turns out, the last 45 minutes of the girl's journey home was a walk through quiet country roads. She was followed by a man in a van who then tried to get her into the van by force.
She couldn't call for help for obvious reasons and the poor thing was traumatised.
The next day her mother raised hell at the school, who then proceeded to accuse the girl of making it all up to get her phone back. This caused the mother to go even more batsh!t crazy, and after practically stapling proof of the incident to the receptionists head, the headmistress got involved.
From then on they returned all phones at the end of the school day after a courtesy call home.

That's all very well, but why would a girl be stupid enough to get her phone confiscated when she relied on it for such a dangerous walk???? If she had stuck to the school rules, she wouldn't have put herself in such danger.

halibut2209

pinkshoes wrote: »

The school policy is VERY clear that if a pupil is caught using their phone, it will be confiscated, and their parents can collect it at the end of the day.

The parents know this, the pupils know this. There is only the child to blame if the parents have to come in. The policy is fair and very clear.

So to clarify, if the parents cannot come in, you keep the phone?

To answer the earlier question, we received a multi-page "parents handbook" a few weeks ago, and this rule change was what I would call "hidden" in the middle. Personally the use of mobiles is prevalent in today's society and I would have thought such a change should be made more clear, but that's by the by. I have no problems at all with phones not being allowed. What I disagree with is parents having to collect them. Some of these students are 18 and are legally adults!