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- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 5-31-2006
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Email this PetitionRESOLUTION CALLING FOR A MORATORIUM ON THE CONFISCATION OF CELLULAR PHONES DURING RANDOM SCANNINGS AND PASSING THROUGH METAL DETECTORS
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | School District: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,228 | 4:08 pm PST, Mar 1 | Ms. | Maggie Callahan | West Carrollton, OH |
| 3,227 | 3:09 pm PST, Dec 8 | Mrs. | Ruth Tobin | I am horrified that school's feel they have the right to confiscate Celll phones and not return them until end of school year. I do not condone children using cell phones in school but at the end of the day it is a safety valve for parents both working or not to have contact with their children. My daughter has been molested and I am insisitant that she needs a cell for her own safety. She is my child and not the schools so I feel my rights as a parent and what I want for my child are violated. This is 2008, unfortunately times have changed and we need to find every way to protect our children. Even on the school bus home something could happen. This is a very serious subject. My daughter was not on the phjone but took it at the end of the day from her bag to her pocket and was confiscated. I was told I could collect it from the school office. When I requested it's return the school said they would not and it would be returned in June. I am paying for this phone and also it has privaste information which I do not want the school privy to. So much for the Aloha spirit thank you for ignoring a mothers plea and for confiscating my cell not my daugheters. Chiefess is the middle school here in Kauai. There arfe drugs and violence at the school and I want to know my daughter is safe. This ridiculous rule must change. I am not a naughty child I am a parent with a degree in education and psychology. I have worked in schools training teachers. Things must change as I will not sit bck and allow this violation to continue. |
| 3,226 | 2:03 pm PST, Nov 10 | Alexander Alayon | 28 | |
| 3,225 | 3:35 pm PDT, Oct 17 | Mrs. | sheri opperisano | 20 |
| 3,224 | 2:51 pm PDT, Oct 17 | Ms. | Maryellen Giassakis | 21 |
| 3,223 | 6:10 pm PDT, Jun 18 | Mr. | Anonymous | PS 71 |
| 3,222 | 6:45 am PDT, Apr 5 | Anne Seidel | - | |
| 3,221 | 2:43 pm PDT, Mar 31 | Ms. | sereta sankar | School District 28. Queens Gateway to Health Sciences Secondary School. Confiscated cell phone and refused to return it to a parent/guardian. Who are they to withhold personal belongings from a parent?? If a parent went up to the school to retrive the cell phone, why can't you give it back and what authority and law states you can hold the cell phone from a parent and/or guardian?? |
| 3,220 | 2:13 pm PST, Dec 13 | Anonymous | 13 | |
| 3,219 | 11:46 pm PST, Dec 4 | Mr. | Eric Scionti | TUHSD |
| 3,218 | 5:51 pm PDT, Nov 1 | Laura Nuno | victor valley high school | |
| 3,217 | 5:29 pm PDT, Aug 29 | Mrs. | Anonymous | queens |
| 3,216 | 8:29 pm PDT, Aug 26 | Mr. | Nabeed Zaman | District 30 |
| 3,215 | 3:27 am PDT, Apr 23 | Shanda Ward | 25 | |
| 3,214 | 8:07 am PDT, Apr 17 | Dr. | Bob Dole | Dole City |
| 3,213 | 6:24 pm PDT, Apr 13 | Mr. | WILFREDO BURGOS | 11 |
| 3,212 | 8:39 am PST, Feb 25 | Ms. | Floraine Kay | My students are 18-21. Some of them have children. They need their cell phones. |
| 3,211 | 7:39 am PST, Feb 14 | Ms. | Anonymous | University of the west Indies School of Continuing Studies @ Signal Hill, Tobago. |
| 3,210 | 11:33 am PST, Jan 26 | Ms. | Lisa Marie Miller | region 3 |
| 3,209 | 8:00 am PST, Nov 3 | Ms. | Mildred Ramos | Felisa Rincon de Gauitier Institute for Law and Public Policy Parent |
| 3,208 | 2:36 pm PDT, Sep 20 | Victoria Holley | . | |
| 3,207 | 7:46 pm PDT, Sep 16 | Mr. | Bernardo Sanchez | 6 |
| 3,206 | 5:14 am PDT, Sep 9 | misty hodges | . | |
| 3,205 | 6:51 pm PDT, Sep 3 | Linda Bonura | . | |
| 3,204 | 12:06 pm PDT, Aug 28 | Dr. | Anonymous | 5 |
| 3,203 | 12:32 pm PDT, Aug 19 | Deborah L. Tully | region 2 | |
| 3,202 | 4:34 am PDT, Jul 31 | Anonymous | 10. Bloomberg once said "We have the right to keep cell phones out of schools and we will continue to do that." Well, I say we have the right to have them at all times and will continue to do that | |
| 3,201 | 2:10 pm PDT, Jul 16 | Ms. | Mariyetta Stepanyan | 21 |
Moratorium on Confiscation of Cellular Phones in NYC Public Schools
WHEREAS THE CONFISCATION OF CELLULAR PHONES:
- Infringes on the rights of parents seeking to provide cellular phones as a tool of protection for their child(ren).
- Intervenes in the ability of parents to communicate with their children and vise versa.
- That are found during random searches does not constitute them as contraband because they are not imposing the rights of others.
- That are found during random searches does not constitute them as contraband because they are not disturbing the natural course of the school day.
- Intervenes in the ability of parents and children to deal with any immediate changes in schedules or events pertaining to their home life.
- Is insensitive to both students' and parents' needs to feel safe and connected while children are traveling to and from school.
- Interferes and intervenes in the parents ability to communicate with their children before school and after school.
- May put a child at risk who finds themselves in a remote location in the school and in need of immediate assistance.
WHEREAS THE DECISION TO IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY:
- Was in direct violation of the NYS Education Law, Section 2801 that states, “Such policy may be adopted by the school board or trustees only after at least one public hearing that provides for the participation of school personnel, parents, students and any other interested parties” which did not place.
- Without community engagement shows disrespect for the opinions of the parents, legal guardians and the children that the Department of Education is in place to service.
- Continues to create and perpetuate an environment of imprisonment and not of learning for the children of New York City.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Association of New York City Education Councils calls for:
- The immediate moratorium on the confiscation of cellular phones during random scanning and when passing through metal detectors, concurrent with:
- The immediate convening of public hearings in every community school district, to discuss the impact of such a policy, with the goal of providing a more realistic alternative to diminishing the abuses of cellular phone usage in the schools.
- The New York City Council to hold a hearing on the usage of cellular phones in the schools by students and to hear what the parents that provide these tools of technology have to say.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Association of New York City Education Councils calls for:
- A free and openly collaborative process in all future implementations of policies that affect the children that attend NYC’s Public School System.
- Full disclosure of any communications between the Department of Education and parents on these issues.
- This Resolution to be sent to the parents and guardians of the children who attend public school in the city of New York, the Community District Education Councils, the parent leaders of New York City, education advocates, the members of the Education Committee in the NYS Senate, the members of the Education Committee in the New York State Assembly, the members of the Education Committee in the NYC Council, and to all concerned about the welfare of the children who are attending the public schools of New York City.
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