Monday, August 31, 2009
Cell Phones In School
SAD or Holbrook has a policy on the NO use of cell phones by students. In general I agree with this. However children should be allowed before school, at lunch and at end of day to turn phones on to check for messages. This is a great tool for parents to give kids messages on work, chores, busing, pickups and so much more. But if the kid gets caught doing this by the phone police, they take the phone, notes home and more. But here is the kicker....the teachers use phones in class. On a regular basis their phones ring and THEY answer them and talk on them, excusing themselves for a moment or talking in class. A student can not have coffee, soda or ice tea to drink at school. Yet those same drinks are taken into the class room by the teachers and drank in front of the class. There should be no double standards. In fact the teachers should be setting the standards, not do as I say, not as I do! Isn't that what a teachers lounge is for?
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Significant info here, Lorin. I didn't know about the cell phone issue OR the bus route issue. Clifton residents with children in any of the SAD63 schools SHOULD BE CONTACTING their School Board rep, Christopher Fickett, regarding these issues. Related to the school bus routes - isn't anyone wondering how much bus fuel is being used for miles being traveled where there is no need?? (if there are no students being picked up or dropped off?).
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, if I were the parent of a K-3rd grader, I certainly wouldn't want my child on a bus for that long before getting to school or getting home after leaving school (not to mention being on a bus with the older "big" kids without a second adult to monitor the treatment/behavior of the big kids. (And that shouldn't be the responsibility of the bus driver. The driver needs to be fully focused on driving and the road, especially during inclement weather.)
BTW: I sure hope your School Board rep attends the Clifton Board of Selectmen's meeting on September 16. I hear you'll be fully discussing the issue of whether or not the land at Holden School, which belongs to the school district, should be GIVEN to the Town of Holden. Hopefully the Selectmen will hear from a lot of Clifton residents as well regarding this issue. If your School Board rep is at the meeting, there's a good chance his vote on September 28 at the School Board meeting will accurately reflect his constituency.
You can be sure I'll be writing more about this issue on www.Eddingtonnews.blogspot.com
Rusty Gagnon
Eddington