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:
Perhaps your friend shouldn't have been using his cellphone in a manner requiring teacher intervention. Stop whining and deal with it tomorrow. A night without a cell phone . . . horror of horrors!
yes it is legal, if its a first warning you just get it back at the end of the day, if you get caught more and more (for being an idiot) you deserve to have it taken away.
Yes, it is.......The school can have its own cellphone policy, and it has the right to confiscate the student's cellphone as long as the student attends classes.

If they threw it into a wood chipper, then you might have a case.
Maybe next time he will obey the rules instead of whining about the consequences.
Yes it is. Follow the rules kiddies or face the Principal.
Legal? Absolutely. Your friend broke school policies. A cell phone is NOT considered a necessity. The school is well within their defined authority to hold the phone until a conference is held.
Most high schools have a handbook that clearly states what they consider contraband. like example,...cells, ipods,..stuff unneccessary for school. they have the right to take any of it away, and keep it to the end of the year if they like. usually they will say that a parent has to pick it up and then the second offense you wont get it back to the end of the year. it varies. but yes they do. your best bet is to not bring them to school or leave them in your locker
Yes, it is legal. Anything you take to school that violates the rules is then the school's property.
The real truth is they depending on the schools rules, they don't HAVE to give it back at all.
It is 100% legal if the school has some kind of policy against cell phones. Your friend will probably have to agree to detention, in school suspension, whatever your school does, in order to get his phone back.
Yes, if there are rules against having them or using them during school time. They could actually take them and never give them back if they were being used against policy.
NO WAY! They are only allowed to hold it until the end of the school day! MONEY ROCKS!

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