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Originally posted by BIG ORANGE:
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I am curious as to your apparent problem with the lunchroom workers? I know a few of the lunchroom workers & I can promise you these people do know EVERYTHING going on with everyone in that school. But as I stated before I know ALL of the teachers as I am also a substitute teacher. In 2 of your comments you have sort of "knocked" lunchroom workers. Why? Even if that is totally off the subject.
Yes, most all cellphones are for acceptance, but then you have a large number of parents that are not able to be with their children 24/7 & use it to make sure they can connect with them. Personally I do not see a need for an elementary students to have a cell, but then they aren't all my kids& I don't know their stories. Oh & I just love when "Big City Folk" like to come in and tell us what we are doing wrong...............and the shooting I was referring to didn't take place in Huntsville it took place in Greenhill[QUOTE]

No problem at all...I have complete respect for any person that works or volunteers for any school at any capacity. Most lunchroom personel do not have one on one contact with the school kids thats what I'm referring too. If you ask your kids to name the lunchroom staff I bet they can't. I feel the support staff should be paid more because they play a vital role in the daily function of the school. Yes I've lived some places that were a little different, some of it was good and some was bad. Each place is different. Something that works in HSV might not work here but Lauderdale BOE is making policies based on popular demand and not the well being for the kids. As I said before....Why does a 4th grader need a phone at school? Why do kids need to text each other between classes? Can't they talk to them at school face to face. I did when I was in school and It helped me professionally because I can communicate without looking down at a cell phone. I do see the need for a high school student that is involved with after school activities in needing a phone or a student that is driving to school. I checked my daughters facebook page and I see pictures of her friends in front of a mirror in the bathroom, the picture is innocent, but it was posted on facebook during school. Kids will take advantage of the policy, it's human nature, and someone will get hurt because of this. I think the BOE is not looking at the big picture...I talked to Valentine about this, I sent him cases that involved kids with phones at school, his stupid repley....."I see your point, but the majority of parents want their kids to have phones at school." I think the BOE needs to be replaced because of their policy. Many areas throughout the country have been exposed to this technology longer, the school districts in those areas tried this same policy, most of these school districts now ban phones because kids abused it and some kids got hurt. If we can protect one child from getting hurt, then I feel the policy needs to be changed, sure it's a inconvenience going or calling the front desk at the school, but before cell phones that procedure was fine. In a few small incidents some parents do work strange hours and days or they are single parents so the kid might need a phone for after school to stay in contact their parents, but the majority use for a phone in school is strictly covenience and social acceptance.


My kids are not in elementary school anymore, but I feel sure that if I had an elementary school age child right now, there would be no cell phone going to school with them. I can think of a few times when I might want my elementary age child to have a phone with them. For a sleep over, I'd send my own phone, or my husband's. I wouldn't drop an elementary aged child off at the skating rink or mall and leave them, so that reason for a cell phone is not in play here.

Actually, this is very interesting because I can't think of any reason why an elementary school student would need a phone at school. And now I'm trying to think of reasons that would apply to high school kids and not younger kids....

It surprises me to hear y'all talking about how the little kids have cell phones. I suppose it is apparent that parents buy the phones for the younger kids so that the kids can keep up socially with their classmates. Parents do that with clothes and shoes and everything else. I guess that's just a variable in the equation that we can't do anything about.

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