Cell Phone Policy
Field Trips
When you are chaperoning a trip, use your cell phone only for communicating with other chaperones or the teacher. Pull over if you need to make a call while you are driving, and keep the phone on vibrate so it does not disturb the children during a tour or activity. Field trips are learning time, just as if we were in the classroom, and students deserve to have as few interruptions as possible.
Cell Phones on Campus
Be considerate with use of your cell phone on campus. If you are volunteering, please keep your phone on silent. If you must answer a call, do so outside the classroom and out of earshot of other children. Children want our undivided attention, and a cell phone is a distraction for both you and our students.
Children’s Cell Phones
Children may not use cell phones during the school day. Phones must be turned off and kept either in their backpack or in a buttoned pocket until afterschool. Phones that are taken out or turned on during the school day will be confiscated and given to an administrator, who will store the phone until a parent retrieves it. After school, children enrolled in STAR or the Youth Services playground must ask adult permission to use the phone. We have had numerous incidents where children call their parents to resolve a problem when the adults in charge are not even aware of the issue. It creates a lot of confusion and undermines both the authority of our personnel and your child’s ability to solve problems without parental intervention.
When you are chaperoning a trip, use your cell phone only for communicating with other chaperones or the teacher. Pull over if you need to make a call while you are driving, and keep the phone on vibrate so it does not disturb the children during a tour or activity. Field trips are learning time, just as if we were in the classroom, and students deserve to have as few interruptions as possible.
Cell Phones on Campus
Be considerate with use of your cell phone on campus. If you are volunteering, please keep your phone on silent. If you must answer a call, do so outside the classroom and out of earshot of other children. Children want our undivided attention, and a cell phone is a distraction for both you and our students.
Children’s Cell Phones
Children may not use cell phones during the school day. Phones must be turned off and kept either in their backpack or in a buttoned pocket until afterschool. Phones that are taken out or turned on during the school day will be confiscated and given to an administrator, who will store the phone until a parent retrieves it. After school, children enrolled in STAR or the Youth Services playground must ask adult permission to use the phone. We have had numerous incidents where children call their parents to resolve a problem when the adults in charge are not even aware of the issue. It creates a lot of confusion and undermines both the authority of our personnel and your child’s ability to solve problems without parental intervention.
