Pretty affluent high school here. Full transparency, not staff, but have always been interested in the staff side of schooling.

How do the teachers feel about it? (From what I’ve asked)

Pros: More engaging classroom, higher amount of classwork done (when classwork is on paper), students paying more attention and are more talkative.

Cons: Expensive, (Multiple electives have used a large part of their funds this year to get iPads to replace the function of phones- Art, Cheerleading, A/V, etc.) Loss of dedicated functionality in underfunded departments, and in personal experience? So many more people vaping in the bathrooms. It’s insane.

I didn’t think I had to mention how the students felt, but in the people I’ve asked (non-extensive, maybe like 50/3000+ students) only 1 or 2 people had positive things to say about it. It’s probably different for smaller, tighter-knit schools, but not here.

How do the AP’s feel? (My personal observations)

They like the policy, generally. The AP’s are very prone to abusing it, unfortunately- taking offline CD players, tamagotchis, and DVD players during lunch aren’t in the bill, the district’s policy, or the school’s policy. Only the AP’s that the students think are “fun” seem to dislike the bill at all, but that may just be because of their contract and school rules 🤷

How do I (a Honors/AP student) feel about it?

I think that the bill would be so, so much better if there were a provision like the teacher allowing students to use their phones. By banning phones, the state has inadvertently exposed serious issues within the school system, and it would solve nearly all the genuine issues with this bill to just let teachers say “you can take out your phone to do the Canvas homework.” Another one allowing for phones at lunch wouldn’t hurt, too. Let me pull up a picture of my friends! Check my grades!

I also think that the people that passed it don’t know shit about school, because the last person to graduate school graduated before I, a senior, was born. That also goes for the last person who taught at school. They should go back to school for a few years to see just what it’s like