No phones in NH schools starting today!

[New Englander]

NH passed a no phones law bell to bell. Freshmen start today with the new rule. It's going to be interesting to see how it works especially with the upperclassmen who routinely call their parents to bring them a Starbucks drink or a specialty lunch.

I got sent to school sometimes when money was tight with a paper bag and a "sandwich" of two slices of bread, one slice of baloney, one leaf of lettuce, and some mayo. A treat of a homemade Toll house cookie. 

I'm waiting for her report tonight😁.

Anyone else with no-phone schools?

[jeeper61]

You are retired and the wife's still working?

how'd you pull that off?

[dale560]

1 minute ago, New Englander said:

NH passed a no phones law bell to bell. Freshmen start today with the new rule. It's going to be interesting to see how it works especially with the upperclassmen who routinely call their parents to bring them a Starbucks drink or a specialty lunch.

I got sent to school sometimes when money was tight with a paper bag and a "sandwich" of two slices of bread, one slice of baloney, one leaf of lettuce, and some mayo. A treat of a homemade Toll house cookie. 

I'm waiting for her report tonight😁.

Anyone else with no-phone schools?

They started this here in our town last year with the phone bags. Works surprisingly well. Now to get the teachers to stay off their phones during class hours is the next thing.

[IHandJDman]

Supposedly its that way here now to, but my nephew takes his everyday and uses AI for his work.  

[iowaboy1965]

Suppose to be phone free here too starting this year. dont know the rules and how it's suppose to work. My kids are long out of school. For sure when my son was still in school they were handing out iPad instead of books the last few years. He said the 1st year there was a lot of stuff going on with them as far as improper use. After that they implemented more controls but he said kids still found a way around it to some extent. I wasn't and am not a fan of the iPad thing for school but I suppose most have went to something similar?

I support no phones during class time but mixed feelings on between classed and lunch time.

[Matt Kirsch]

Funny thing is, they're taking away the very things that these kids will need to know how to operate in real life, so they can teach these kids "a bunch of stuff they'll never use in real life."

What I find even funnier is the same people complaining about schools teaching "useless" things are the same ones complaining about the phones. I'll take "hypocrisy" for $200, Ken. 

[from H to 80]

Missouri passed  the same law and my wife is a teacher for at risk children,the trouble is even with the phones silenced and tucked away, most of them have some fancy watch that links to it.

A lot of these kids have bigger problems than their phones and taking them totally away is compounding some of those.

I agree that during breaks and lunch they should have access,but during class they should be turned off completely.

[Chester5732]

If they can’t get thru a school day without a phone they have a lot to learn. I understand if you need you phone for an app to do you job but most people think they are a necessity and they are not. If I didn’t have to do mobile manifest to haul milk mine wouldn’t be with me all the time. If you need a phone for school do you really need the school?

[vtfireman85]

Outstanding. I hope it spreads 

[brewcrew]

Cell phones were barely a thing when I graduated in 2000. A couple people had one, others had access to a family phone for things like getting back late from an ffa trip or such. We didn’t text, we didn’t send pictures or memes, we didn’t record everything or vlog about our day. If something embarrassing happened at school, there was no record of it and people moved on quickly. What worked for us is not relevant to today’s kids, so I have no advice for them. I do know that the sixth grade students got a memo about inappropriate use of Snapchat… thankfully that’s one parent notice that I knew wasn’t about my kid!!

[FARMALL FIXER]

I am not a fan of cell phones allowed in school.

There have been instances of inappropriate selfies taken in bathroom stalls, if you know what I mean, and sent out even to students in other schools. Even if they are deleted there are ways for law enforcement to get access to deleted files and most people do not realize this, charges were filed and parent's were held responsible for thier minor child's actions.

I just don't feel that cell phones are necessary in schools, kids are there to learn.

I guess I am Old School and not up with the times I guess, you might say I am " Electronically Challenged".

I grew up in a time of 3 digit phone numbers, party lines and phones that had a rotary dial and hung on a wall or sat on a desk with cords attached to the wall and receiver.

There were no cell phones and I think I got a good education with out them.

Just my 2 cents and take it for what it is worth 

[forwhldrv]

5 hours ago, New Englander said:

NH passed a no phones law bell to bell. Freshmen start today with the new rule. It's going to be interesting to see how it works especially with the upperclassmen who routinely call their parents to bring them a Starbucks drink or a specialty lunch.

I got sent to school sometimes when money was tight with a paper bag and a "sandwich" of two slices of bread, one slice of baloney, one leaf of lettuce, and some mayo. A treat of a homemade Toll house cookie. 

I'm waiting for her report tonight😁.

Anyone else with no-phone schools?

Massachusetts is passing the law for next year I’m told the school my daughters starting her freshman year year has a no phone policy. The one she was in last year made students lock them in a pouch that was unlocked at the end of the school day that way they technically weren’t taking them away from the students I think it’s a great idea to ban them 

[Diesel Doctor]

3 hours ago, New Englander said:

NH passed a no phones law bell to bell. Freshmen start today with the new rule. It's going to be interesting to see how it works especially with the upperclassmen who routinely call their parents to bring them a Starbucks drink or a specialty lunch.

I got sent to school sometimes when money was tight with a paper bag and a "sandwich" of two slices of bread, one slice of baloney, one leaf of lettuce, and some mayo. A treat of a homemade Toll house cookie. 

I'm waiting for her report tonight😁.

Anyone else with no-phone schools?

My sister works in the school. They had that "No Phone" rule last year.

She noticed that it got noisy during lunch.

The kids were now actually talking to each other again.

Phones are a curse and not a blessing!

[Diesel Doctor]

2 hours ago, Matt Kirsch said:

Funny thing is, they're taking away the very things that these kids will need to know how to operate in real life, so they can teach these kids "a bunch of stuff they'll never use in real life."

What I find even funnier is the same people complaining about schools teaching "useless" things are the same ones complaining about the phones. I'll take "hypocrisy" for $200, Ken. 

Lets say the electrical grid went down tomorrow.

How many of those kids could stay alive if this happened.

Don't rely on one thing because when that is gone, you have nothing left.

Be well rounded and pretty good at a lot of things.

How many of these kids can butcher a chicken? Grow a garden? Sew up a wound?

That is more like life than pushing a few buttons?

[hagan]

Damn Phones  Not in schools but i had a boy working for me several years ago running a rake doing some custom baleing and the farmer said to not go past this one edge of the milo. I told him and he started down the field playing a game on his phone and he ran right into the irrigation water and buried the 7210 and Darf rake. I was so darn mad i said walk to the house and get the pickup and a couple chains and i would keep baleing single windrows. He starts walking the mile and in about 5 minutes here comes his mom. He called her for a ride. With these phones there is not much you can do with some of these darn kids. 

When i was in high school 60 years ago in ag if the teacher caught you chewing (there was only 1 way down) Those phones need to be put in a trap thrower after 2 or 3 times caught and slung out in a field of weeds head high and give them something to do (go find your phone)

[oleman]

Believe that TEXAS is phone free at school starting this year, has to be one of the largest school systems in the USA.

[Cattech]

It's a big problem with no easy answer. The ability to carry an entire, constantly updated encyclopedia set and scientific calculator in your pocket is an advantage we couldn't have dreamed possible just over 30 years ago. Unfortunately, rather than expanding people's knowledge and ability, it has allowed them to shut their brains off.

The youngsters I get just out of tech school have become so reliant on and absorbed into their phones, you'd swear they had been lobotomized.

[brahamfireman]

Our school implemented it last year, although its only a "no phones in classroom" ban, the phones stay in their lockers during class. The High school principal said it went really well, students adopted very quickly and no issues. 

[New Englander]

3 hours ago, jeeper61 said:

You are retired and the wife's still working?

how'd you pull that off?

Robbed the cradle.

[IH 3288]

2 hours ago, from H to 80 said:

Missouri passed  the same law and my wife is a teacher for at risk children,the trouble is even with the phones silenced and tucked away, most of them have some fancy watch that links to it.

A lot of these kids have bigger problems than their phones and taking them totally away is compounding some of those.

I agree that during breaks and lunch they should have access,but during class they should be turned off completely.

Part of the reason our school went to this was because of the use during breaks and lunch times.  The kids would not talk to each other, looked a phones all noon and free time and the place was quiet.  No student interaction with each other. This was a small school. Now they talk, shoot hoops after lunch, etc. 

[bitty]

1 hour ago, Diesel Doctor said:

Lets say the electrical grid went down tomorrow.

How many of those kids could stay alive if this happened.

Don't rely on one thing because when that is gone, you have nothing left.

Be well rounded and pretty good at a lot of things.

How many of these kids can butcher a chicken? Grow a garden? Sew up a wound?

That is more like life than pushing a few buttons?

So true 

[Matt Kirsch]

33 minutes ago, IH 3288 said:

Part of the reason our school went to this was because of the use during breaks and lunch times.  The kids would not talk to each other, looked a phones all noon and free time and the place was quiet.  No student interaction with each other. This was a small school. Now they talk, shoot hoops after lunch, etc. 

Man our lunch and hall monitors would have killed for that... 🤣

[Missouri Mule]

I see both sides. Teachers have a job to do and if there's a disruption it needs to be handled. No different than ever. Disruptions never have been tolerated. Except when I went to school the individuals at fault were dealt with and the rest followed suite accordingly. This has gotten out of control and whose pointing at who? I can tell you as a parent when my oldest gets to high school I plan for her to have a phone, and that phone better damned well do 2 things. 1. Not be a disruption in class, period. 2. It better be answered or return my call in the event of an emergency. All other business can and will wait until school is over. If not she deals with me. And I promise I mean what I say, and my kids know that. Bottom line deal with the problem, and this is an attempt. Not my approach but it's something. Pocket knives weren't allowed either but I had one everyday. I had teachers ask to use it that knew i had one. It never jumped out of my pocket and did harm to anyone. All I know is if there was a incident in her school I want contact. And not the same number the other 2000 parents have. Its my kids responsibility to not abuse that. Just my thoughts

[MacAR]

6 hours ago, New Englander said:

two slices of bread, one slice of baloney, one leaf of lettuce, and some mayo.

You got lettuce? Lucky duck! 

Arkansas passed a similar law this year as well. According to my friends that have kids in school, it's going fairly well. Probably should've happened long ago.

[cedar farm]

My kids went to Western Christian high school on Hull IA. I believe they are on their 4th year of no phones. My youngest was a senior when they started it. It has gone phenomenally well. Kids are actually talking and interacting. I do Civil War gun demonstrations there every year. The hallways have been a lot noisier since the ban.