Legal question about school? Are they overstepping boundaries? - General

Jesus, most I've ever heard happen at my school was it was kept till the end of the day. Usually we would just be told to put it away.

lol my teachers didnt even notice my phone was out 90% of the time; only ever got it confiscated once in all my years

[QUOTE=frankie penis;24373881]my school took my calculator off me because you could play tetris on it.[/QUOTE] Fuck that sounds awesome I want one now.

For my school they just take it to the office and your parents have to pick it up. After a few times you can either get dropped by the teacher or get Saturday school.

[QUOTE=GodKing;24373890]I was just using that as an example of why I'm sick of hearing about it. When you're in school, leave it in your locker, or put it on silent mode in your bag or it's going to get taken away. It's simple. Use it before school, between classes, at lunch, or after school. How long does it take to carbon copy a text for a ride?[/QUOTE] If I am on campus with my phone visible, they take it, No matter if it is at lunch, the hallway, or if some teacher is peeping at me taking a shit. I left it in my locker at gym, and some kid went through with a shim and stole it, so I am more tempted to keep it on me considering I had to pay an 85$ insurance deductible. It takes a bit, considering about 3 people tell me no, and i have to cycle through half of the team for a ride, because most are selfish.

[QUOTE=GyroburnerV2;24373912]Jesus, most I've ever heard happen at my school was it was kept till the end of the day. Usually we would just be told to put it away.[/QUOTE] This is what happened in my school, but seriously why is anyone surprised when it's taken away? There are probably announcements and news flyers and you've probably been told 24 times not to have your phones on or out during class time and then you're like "WTF man this is Nazi Germany I hate my existence!"

Just pay attention in class, really, as boring and as useless as it might seem now - you'll regret not working hard when you open your results and are disappointed. I learned that the hard way. :smith:

[QUOTE=Septimas;24373958]If I am on campus with my phone visible, they take it, No matter if it is at lunch, the hallway, or if some teacher is peeping at me taking a shit. I left it in my locker at gym, and some kid went through with a shim and stole it, so I am more tempted to keep it on me considering I had to pay an 85$ insurance deductible. It takes a bit, considering about 3 people tell me no, and i have to cycle through half of the team for a ride, because most are selfish.[/QUOTE] Well, I'm sorry for your luck then. Do you go to school in the States?

They can.

Well we haven't had flyers, we don't have bells, and they recently ran out of money for the test budget, so we don't have an exam in the math class im in (woo!) Our school is under a "reconstruction" basically fixing all the shitty asbestos leaking buildings and trying to make the school a bit more manageable, and under that they have also thrown out some new rules without any information except from the first day of school.

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;24373756]The answer is don't your phone in class.[/QUOTE] Was the question "Can teachers your phone in class?".

[QUOTE=GodKing;24373994]Well, I'm sorry for your luck then. Do you go to school in the States?[/QUOTE] Yep, In North Carolina.

That's bullshit, if I was caught fiddling with a phone I'd have been suspended.

[QUOTE=Septimas;24374043]Yep, In North Carolina.[/QUOTE] That explains it. :smug: Do you also have metal detectors? A friend of mine from the States blew my head off when he told me he has to walk through a metal detector every morning, which his piercings set off.

[QUOTE=Septimas;24373550]work to pay for the monthly plan? [/QUOTE] I didn't think it was so harsh until I read this.

Oh please, here, the first time they grab it for the rest of the day, and the second time for the rest of the year.

[QUOTE=WolvesSoulZ;24374107]Oh please, here, the first time they grab it for the rest of the day, and the second time for the rest of the year.[/QUOTE] You were told.

[QUOTE=GodKing;24374082]That explains it. :smug: Do you also have metal detectors? A friend of mine from the States blew my head off when he told me he has to walk through a metal detector every morning, which his piercings set off.[/QUOTE] Those are typically only installed on bigger high-schools.

I don't see how you should get in trouble. I'm going to assume outside of the school you're allowed to use the phone, in my school, we were allowed to use it as long as it was after school hours. [editline]07:13PM[/editline] unless you're one of those retards who just can't fucking wait until school is over

[QUOTE=GodKing;24374082]That explains it. :smug: Do you also have metal detectors? A friend of mine from the States blew my head off when he told me he has to walk through a metal detector every morning, which his piercings set off.[/QUOTE] Well we did have metal detectors, But as the school has aged they have either been broken or gotten rid of, and so far as far as i know, we have 2 in our school that holds around 1200 people, and they are only in 1 building. 1 of them is broken, the other is turned off to save power. ./sigh

[QUOTE=Septimas;24373550]Yep, I don't know any lawyers and I am just curious about this new "rule" they enforced. Get caught with phone out, take it for 2 hours. Get caught 2nd time, they take it for 1 day. Get caught a 3rd time, They take it for 30 days, And after that I'm not sure how long they take it. Now this is spread over a period of 180 days, so if I have it out the 2nd day, and 2 more times over that, they take it for 30 days. My question is it legal for them to take the cell phone for that long of a period of time, considering I bought my phone, and work to pay for the monthly plan? Just curious.[/QUOTE] Sounds pretty legal to me. It's their policy, the third one is most likely there so you don't actually bother taking your phone out in class. It's like saying "You'll be caned if you get three DUI's." Nobody would drive drunk three times if that were the case, I assure you. But since kids in school are fucking retarded, of course they'll get caught three times and have it taken away for a month.

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;24373756]The answer is don't your phone in class.[/QUOTE] How do you don't?

They can do whatever the fuck they want to, bro. If it bothers you that much, either a.) Don't take your phone out during class/whenever, or b.) don't go to school. Easy/Simple as that.

Also they are giving you the right to use your phone on their property. Would you rather they ban cellphones completely?

There's a way around this, and that's to put the phone in your pocket immediately if you're caught with it. They can't physically touch you so you'll keep your phone, but you'll have to deal with other shit if you do this.

It's legal because you agreed to abide by school policy (including punishments) when you were enrolled. However, I agree, that's a harsh punishment, our school teachers usually just took your phone until the end of that class (if the teacher was a bit more strict they'd take it until the end of the day).

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;24373756]The answer is don't your phone in class.[/QUOTE] He accidentally his phone in class

I hate seeing people using their phone like the whole class period. You're not even in school that long...

Keep it in your pants dude.

I don't know if you have to give it to them, but they can probably suspend you or even expel you if you refuse to give the phone to them.