Saturday, October 24, 2009

Is it legal for a high school to hold a student's cell phone overnight?

My friend got his cellphone taken away by a teacher and she turned it into the front office and now they won't return it until he "talks to an administrator"...but he tried after school and they had already left.
Answer:
Yes if it's in the school's policy. If your friend was in school he had no business using his phone whether it be texting, talking or just ringing as it can be a distraction in the classroom. There's plenty of time after school to chat. If it was taken away even though he wasn't using it, your school may have rules not allowing them on campus. Cells can be a big inconvenience in the classroom for teachers and fellow students - him having to wait to get his phone is a price to pay.
Yes
yea, my school has a policy where if you get caught using a cell phone for the second time they hold it till the end of the year....private school though. but im pretty sure they can do that
He probably deserved it. I assume he was using it in the classroom. When students show no respect for authority, something has to be done to maintain discipline, and confiscating the offending toy makes sense.
Check your student handbook or rules. There should be a part about electronic devices. Most schools need a parent or guardian to go into the school and talk with administartion. I don't think it's aganst the law as long as it is stated in the rules. As far as the administration not being around, I'm not to sure. Good luck.
It is. If they are banned from school, he's lucky they will return it to him and not his parents.
yes they can but he can get it back if he takes his mother or father to the school.but he can`t get taking from him again
I agree with Stang, check the student rule books. Your friend may have been in the wrong.
Most school have a no electronic devise policy in their school manual, so yes they can take it. Usually (at my kids schools) they take it until a parent comes and picks it up.
I would ONLY question the policy if it is NOT posted in the manual or somewhere locatable to students.

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