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Missouri high school bans smartphones and watches, citing child pornography
Washington Examiner ^ | April 01, 2022 | Jenny Goldsberry,

Posted on 04/02/2022 10:16:15 AM PDT by george76

A Missouri high school announced it would ban smartphones and smartwatches beginning Monday.

Steelville High School made the announcement Thursday on Facebook, claiming it's the school's latest attempt to prevent students from taking photos and videos of each other for social media. The new policy is a roundabout way to prevent child pornography from being filmed in the form of impromptu videos in school bathrooms, according to the principal.

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Student devices will be locked up and returned upon dismissal or they may choose to not bring them at all," Principal Steven Vetter wrote. "Any student who violates this new procedure will have their phone taken and a parent or guardian will be required to pick it up. Second offense will result in the same, plus the addition of after school detention."

Steelville opted to limit comments on the post, but it still garnered over 600 likes and 800 shares as of this report.

Vetter has been the principal for six years. He saw a similar policy work at the local junior high before deciding to implement it at the higher level.

After Monday, parents will have to contact the office to communicate with their children.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: arth; ban; childpornography; education; highschool; homeschool; missouri; publicschool; school; smartphones; smartwatches; steelville
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To: TexasGator

https://www.edweek.org/technology/states-have-tried-to-ban-cellphones-in-schools-it-hasnt-gone-well/2019/09


41 posted on 04/02/2022 12:56:20 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: gitmo

Religious Jews (and other concerned parents) have resorted to ‘kosher phones’ with varying levels of function.

https://koshermobile.com/shop-kosher#shop


42 posted on 04/02/2022 1:05:44 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Qui is

Maybe there should be webcams in the classrooms so parents could see exactly what students are being taught.


43 posted on 04/02/2022 1:05:56 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Sacajaweau

The point of discussion was the legality of the school’s actions.


44 posted on 04/02/2022 1:07:19 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: Keyhopper

Yes, the classrooms should be live streamed with private access to the parents/guardians.


45 posted on 04/02/2022 1:09:32 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Keyhopper

Teachers treated just like cops: Bodycams on when interacting with children.


46 posted on 04/02/2022 1:27:42 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: george76

Best wishes to them.


47 posted on 04/02/2022 1:37:27 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Nature, art, silence, simplicity, peace. And fungi.)
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To: Tell It Right

No school ever should permit electronics. Frankly all kids should be in top to toe uniforms. There should be cameras in all classrooms


48 posted on 04/02/2022 2:44:47 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: Tell It Right

Teachers should be in uniform oe strict dress codes that includes jacket tie knee length or below skirts conservative colors and natural hair colors


49 posted on 04/02/2022 2:47:06 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: gitmo

Call the school like everyone has done for a hundred years.

What’s wrong with you?


50 posted on 04/02/2022 2:48:17 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: hanamizu

This will be the most stupid group ever


51 posted on 04/02/2022 2:49:49 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: Skywise

Blood sugar can be monitored by the nurse.


52 posted on 04/02/2022 2:50:33 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: george76

This is a smart policy. Every school should follow this. Cell phones are so damn addictive. It’s like cocaine. Better to have them “locked up” during the school day. Then after they’re dismissed, they can use Snapchat and TikTok all they want.


53 posted on 04/02/2022 2:51:17 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Tell It Right

BINGO


54 posted on 04/02/2022 2:52:07 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Sacajaweau

No. Homeschool them. Only the truly stupid students are cell phone collared


55 posted on 04/02/2022 2:52:26 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: Skywise
But I think that could easily be controlled by the teacher in the classroom

Classrooms are a zoo now. I am not that old. But a couple decades ago, my school banned "beepers". Yeah it's an ancient device. But their explanation was that usually the beeper would prompt you too get in touch with your "dealer" so that why they were banned on campus. Anyone with a beeper will get a suspension.

56 posted on 04/02/2022 2:54:36 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

If you know what a beeper is, yeah you are that old lol.

Frankly, when I went back to school awhile, above-age girls would send almost any pic to you of themselves.

The ratio of women in schools vs men now means the guys get to pick freely nearly. I just missed that wave!


57 posted on 04/02/2022 2:57:23 PM PDT by Houserino
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To: Chickensoup

This will be the most stupid group ever


Yep, the exceptional students are still quite wonderful, but the average is dropping like a stone. I am constantly amazed by the depth of ignorance in virtually all subject. And their work ethic is pretty much non-existent.

The teachers I work with are quite aware of it and many are either choosing to retire early, or transfer to lower grades where they think the kids will be more manageable, or leave the field entirely. They ask me if I have noticed a difference since I retired 10 years ago and I have to tell them I have.

I work at a good school without many of the problems that occur in more urban settings, yet the downhill trend is there and unmistakeable.


58 posted on 04/02/2022 3:12:52 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Keyhopper

Well, that’s the point isn’t it? Administrators and teachers do not want the parents to know what they are teaching.


59 posted on 04/02/2022 3:31:35 PM PDT by Qui is (First, never apologize to the enemy, and second, never forget that Biden spews and Harris swallows. )
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To: hanamizu
yet the downhill trend is there and unmistakeable.

It's like the Fall of the Roman Empire. The Greatest Generation fought and won the WWII so they went home and became fruitful and prosperous. Then they spoiled their kids with everything they have. Now the next generation is "entitled" so here we are and this is the $hit we have to deal with.

60 posted on 04/02/2022 3:52:19 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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