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so they are banning these boots because kids are hiding cellphones in the boots.... my kids hide their cellphones in there pants pockets, what will the school do then? ban pants???

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A ban on "open top" boots at Pottsdown Middle School in Pennsylvania is not a protest against fashion.

In a letter sent home to parents from principal Gail Cooper Wednesday, "open top boots" are banned in classrooms starting next Monday because students have been bringing in contraband items in their boots.

"Following several problems with these items, I have banned the outdoor, open top boots from our classrooms," the letter stated. Under this rule, the ban would include the popular Uggs. "Students may continue to wear outdoor boots to and from school to protect them from cold, snow and ice but need to change into a pair of sneakers or shoes before entering homeroom."

Students have been mainly hiding cell phones in their boots, John Armato, director of community relations for the Pottstown School District, told ABC News. The possession of personal electronic devices in school, including cell phones, is not permitted. Students must keep their devices in their lockers between 7:55 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. If a student decides to text or a phone goes off, these types of events are causing disruption to a positive education atmosphere, Armato said.

"It is a ruling that is made to address a particular situation," Armato said. "If the problem goes away, there is no need for the rule."

The reactions Armato has received have ranged from support for maintaining an educational environment to accusations that the ban infringes upon students' rights to wear certain fashions. He said the ban could change and has been instated on a "as need basis."

The school district does have a mandatory uniform for the middle school students. The school handbook devotes a section to proper attire that states shoes, boots and sneakers with matching-colored laces are permitted. It also says if clothing disrupts learning, the administration has the right to set rules about questionable attire.

If a student does not comply, discipline can range from a reminder sent home to parents on the first offense to possible detention or suspensions at the principal's discretion for repeated offenses.

 

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Unless you are a teacher, you probably don't have any idea how disrupting cellphones and other similarly distracting devices can be in a classroom.

My wife bitches about her students having them in class all the time.

Really, though, it's mostly a matter of parents failing to do their job and teach their children how to be respectful and courteous people.

 

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sit in several meetings a week ans we deal with this all the time. Often they are company issued and required. but it's still disruptive. I support this.

 

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Ban boots because you're having difficulty enforcing the no-cellphone rule. Genius.

 

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not talking about the banning of cellphones in general, I am talking about the banning of a certian type of clothing because... OMG, you can put a cellphone in there!

our HS was going to ban cellphones from school, I told them, my kids WILL have their phones with them DURING class, turned off, and if they need detention for having them, I will serve detention for them. My reasoning was, what if there was an emergency, and there was no way to go to their locker, because some gunman was in the hallway?

I also told them that I looked at their cell usage daily, online, and if they use them during school, they got taken away for 2 weeks. And I enforced that, the kids hated it...haha

 

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School cell phone policies should be really simple...

1st offense - warning
2nd offense - confiscate phone until parents pick it up
3rd offense - suspension
4th offense - expulsion

Pretty cut and dry.

A couple of kids have to repeat a year of high school and graduate a year after all of their friends, and they will disappear.

All of these other tactics(banning boots because they hide them there? Dumb...) won't work because they will just hide them somewhere else.

If I was principal I would point out that you can hide cellphones in a bra.

 

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But seriously, I would make it a policy to smash any disruptive cellphones found in classes.

 

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I know rite? Because why in the hell would you call the school since any emergency they should be made aware of anyway. huh?

 

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It's amazing I survived school without a cellphone. What are the chances that there was never a gunman going on rampages in my school? 1 in 10, 1 in 100, 1 in 1000? It must be crazy rare.

 

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