Republicans want schools to block social media or lose internet funds
Republican lawmakers are proposing blocking kids from accessing social media in schools that receive federal broadband subsidies.
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Y'all know about 5G, right?
We already block social media at a lot of schools. Doesn't do shit when all you need to do is disconnect from the schools wifi to see what you want...
In before they address this and propose tracking each student's phone to see if they are in a school zone (and of course to see much more).
That would be impossible to do without impacting the ability of neighboring homes to access the internet as well. It's not like the signals magically stop at the school parking lot.
Exactly what I'm getting at
School would have to provide the phones, not even close to within our budget
Plus plenty of students just wouldnt accept them an if forced to take them would just toss em into a drawer and forget about them.
Not unless we had a large cohort of people doing everything in their power to undermine our freedom and privacy.
No, that's how public education works.
You can't require people have things, you have to provide them. Thats how that works.
We are discussing law makers just so you know, not saying it will happen but that some would love it it.
Kids are suspended if caught with a cellphone on school property in our district.
I'm sure glad that isn't true in mine. My daughter called me today to tell me she was really sick and the nurse wasn't going to send her home. I knew my wife has been really sick and so I knew she needed to go to the doctor. I wouldn't have even heard about it until after she got home from school if she didn't have a phone.
This varies greatly from district to district. I know of plenty of schools that do the same. But I also know school districts (and luckily live in one) where this would never fly. They tried doing this during my daughter's sophomore year of high school, and the parents all said "Oh, fucking no. If I want to be able to get in touch with my kid, I'll make that decision, not you."
I also know of districts that tried this and just abandoned the idea because it was nigh-on impossible to enforce without suspending like 90% of the kids.
I also know of districts that tried this and just abandoned the idea because it was nigh-on impossible to enforce without suspending like 90% of the kids.
That is what is happening. They suspended the Senior class president who was caught with a phone because they were waiting on a college scholarship call.
I graduated about ten years ago so cellphones were popular, but not the same culture we have now. I got suspended because my mom called my phone which I had forgotten to turn off while it was in my locker before school started. Turns out I had forgotten a project so not only did I get suspended, I failed an assignment. Schools are great
Easy enough to setup a wifi hotspot in the bathroom and keep it in your pocket.
How did they get the ok for that? Kids with cell phones can help in active shooter situations so to remove a tool that potentially could save a lot of lives seems crazy
MAGA invaded the school board. They also banned a ton of books.