More Colorado Schools Saying ‘No’ to Phones in the Classroom

Kids and instructors of every generation in Colorado have had to deal with ever-changing technology concerns. Some school districts are taking measures to address today's tech.

One can see where it's good on one side, yet worrisome on the other. You want your child to learn while at school, but want to be able to reach your child if ever a serious event take place.

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Some Colorado schools and school districts, including the Poudre School District, have put policies in place to restrict cell phones. There was a time that just brining a hand-held calculator would have been reprimanded; those days are long gone.

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According to The Coloradoan, Poudre School District sent out an email to parents in regards to the district's policy about preschoolers through 8th graders not having electronic devices.

From the policy:

Classrooms work best when students disconnect from social media and personal devices and connect with their classmates, their teachers, and learning.

 

To help make that possible, PSD schools will enforce policies requiring preschool through eighth-grade students to store cell phones, headphones, and all other electronic accessories out of sight and on silent at school unless they have permission from an administrator/designee or it's written into their IEP, 504, or HCAP (Policy JICJ).

 

This will help students focus on curriculum and ensure classrooms offer a phone-free and social media-free learning environment.

Many will agree that kids of young age are very susceptible to being manipulated and bullied by social media. Many will also agree that kids are easily distracted and are hard to keep focused; getting rid of headphones is a good idea.

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However, there has to be some concern from parents about being able to reach their child if ever a "worse case scenario" should happen, whether it be within the school or with their child's family situation.

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In an era where attacks on schools are more common than not, having immediate contact with your child, or that child with the parent, feels paramount. One would hope that the students' phones will be close, but silenced; like under their chair.

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Going to school is definitely not like it was 40 or even 30 years ago, when kids didn't have technology so readily available. You would show up to school, and only be distracted by the class clown, which the teacher was easier able to control.