Comments on: Escambia (FL) School Superintendent Learns About Alabama Program That Keeps Classrooms Phone-Free

By: Mandy

Mandy — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:51:26 +0000

As a former high school student, I don’t like this idea because it takes away the one thing that we might be able to make a call to police with if there is ever a shooting. Not to mention, we won’t be able to contact our parents to say our last words or how much we love them. People also get assaulted, raped and abused at school, and not being able to contact your parents is dreadful in that situation. So, I do think phones are necessary for various safety reasons. Also, if the teacher is ok with it then there should be no problem.

By: Bonnie Exner

Bonnie Exner — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 20:54:18 +0000

My first response was identical to JTV on September 9th..all the teachers back in the late 1980’s to 2000 had to monitor was gum chewing and short skirts. I have been retired for 24 years now and times sure have changed. I first want to commend Superintendent Keith Leonard for being proactive in researching this major hindrance to academic learning but totally agree with the response of ” a joke”..a solution must be equally enforced by all and back up by the school based and county level administration.

By: Adsup

Adsup — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:09:23 +0000

I commend Keith Leonard actually checking this out at a school for pros & cons of this. Cell phones take away from what kids should be doing & that is learning! It’s also less distractions for the teachers who deal with issues caused by a cell. Kids with cell phones also cause distractions that take away learning from other kids in class. It’s not a punishment for kids, it’s a learning tool for kids that they don’t need to have it control their lives. My grandkids live in south FL & they elementary school had one entryway into school with a metal detector & NO cell phones were allowed. This should be implemented in my opinion.

By: Sterlin

Sterlin — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:41:24 +0000

Mannnnn my phone fell out of my pocket in 2007 and I got iss for having it …

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:59:10 +0000

One final comment, Is anyone else as old as me that once upon a time there once was a parental rule that you didn’t ever call your parents at work unless it was an emergency! Remember way back then?

By: Dennis Reaves

Dennis Reaves — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 03:44:53 +0000

If parents would be parents and not drama queens there would be no issues with no phones in school. Cell phones should have never been allowed in any school in the first place. Every school office has a landline, free for a students use.

By: A joke

A joke — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:41:06 +0000

@M in Bratt. Not sure about your nearest school, but the phones have been banned “during instruction” for years at my wife’s former school. The biggest issue was that only a few of the teachers would actually take up the phones but there would be no repercussions from the principal… and the students knew it well. So, if you don’t have a principal who has your back then there’s no use in having the rule. And to the ones who say teachers should have theirs locked up as well… you are equating students to teachers and they clearly are not equals. Many times, teachers have to use a phone when the intercom isn’t working or is not near one. Either way, it doesn’t matter unless the rules are enforced. And they need to bring back tenure for school leadership so that they’re not scared to do their job.

By: Momma bear

Momma bear — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:28:28 +0000

I’m assuming anyone in favor of this isn’t a parent and/or have no fear of the worse happening in the school? We need the funding for more security. Want to put a magnet detector in the schools to lock up children’s phones or smart devices, we somehow have the funding for that or to even entertain that. But yet we can’t afford metal detectors in our schools to ensure guns aren’t brought through the doors…. A waste of resources and time. I for one will be pulling my child and going to private if they try to pull this crap.

By: Rasheed Jackson

Rasheed Jackson — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:24:05 +0000

Sad that we can’t say no phones at school.

By: Nana

Nana — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 22:43:32 +0000

Myself they should not bring phones to school period. They have phones in the office if a parent is needed. And this would eliminate any phone contact till they get home our if they drive leave them in there car. Phones are not needed to learn. Books are.