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appendage. These are your learning students. They are learners, to spite the system they are a

part of. Superintendents are going to need to be more forceful. Stop looking at these kids as

dollar signs and stop considering the financial aspects of learning. Principles are going to have to

stop being best buddies and start doing their jobs. Educating. Start enforcing the rules and

encouraging the parents to be more accountable. The teachers will need to play a huge role in all

of this. Teachers are on the front lines, so to speak. The teachers, I know some, even most, will

be hesitant, need to ban the smart phones from the class room. Somehow, we managed to

succeed is schools before the age of the cellphones. In fact, according to a recent public

educational newsletter, Kentucky has gotten worse in the last thirty years, not better. The alumni,

the wonderful money bags, those that seem to think their opinions are worth more than they are,

just need to write the checks and be silent. Schools need to be more concerned about educating

than making money. There are more important things in schools than uniforms for the athletic

teams. There aren’t enough funds to improve the district WIFI, but there are plenty of funds for

new uniforms, every year. School priorities are way out of whack? And the parents, disgruntled

parents, you have one job, get these kids ready for school and be on time and leave your opinions

to yourself.

Now that we have all of the established parties involved, ban the personal devices from

the schools.

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We are attempting to solve the problem of smart phones in the class rooms and other

teaching areas. It is my belief that we begin removing them entirely from the schools, but I am

not naïve, I know that this is a hard ask. Here is my argument as to why they should be banned:

Each classroom has or should have a phone.

The office has several phones.