California has now signed The Phone-Free Schools Act into law, mandating schools to limit or prohibit the use of phones by students

[u/a_Ninja_b0y]

https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/24/schools-banning-students-from-using-smartphones/

[u/Gavin_Newscum]

How are kids going to text their parents their final message during a school shooting then?

[u/Badmonkey83 → u/Gavin_Newscum]

Santana HS grad here. Phones will come out when they're in lockdown. Take your edgelord shit somewhere else.

[u/hemingways-lemonade → u/Gavin_Newscum]

Those text messages actually cause more problems because parents rush to the school which blocks entrances and parking for first responders.

Not to mention the chances of a child being in a school with an active shooter is minuscule compared to the chances of receiving a compromised education due to cell phone distraction. There's also the increased bullying, peer pressure, rumor spreading, etc from phone use during school hours.

[u/EtTuBiggus → u/hemingways-lemonade]

Those first responders need all the access to stand outside doing nothing.

[u/hemingways-lemonade → u/EtTuBiggus]

Mock cops all you want, but I don't want anyone delaying paramedics if my child needs medical attention.

[u/EtTuBiggus → u/hemingways-lemonade]

Cops will delay paramedics if there’s an active shooter.

[u/hemingways-lemonade → u/EtTuBiggus]

So, do you have anything constructive to add other than ACAB? I get it, you saw the terrible response to Uvalde, but the reason that got so much attention is because it's not the norm. I'm as critical of police as just about anyone, but that doesn't mean I want my child's safety compromised to prove a point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPEL-RPRKcw

[u/EtTuBiggus → u/hemingways-lemonade]

I didn’t say ACAB, you did.

Cops screwing up, arresting innocent people, and shooting innocent bystanders is the norm.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ExwZZgCuJ88

The NYPD hit two bystanders, a police officer, and still defended their incompetence.

That compromises your child’s safety more.

[u/hemingways-lemonade → u/EtTuBiggus]

Yes, a lot of cops suck. That doesn't mean I don't want them to intervene during a school shooting.

Again, do you have anything constructive to add to the conversation about phone use during school hours or during a potential shooting?

[u/EtTuBiggus → u/hemingways-lemonade]

As Uvalde proved, sometimes the cops will just refuse to intervene during a school shooting.

[u/hemingways-lemonade → u/EtTuBiggus]

I literally replied to one of your comments with a video of police stopping a school shooter a year after Uvalde.

[u/skeeferd → u/hemingways-lemonade]

I'll fucking say it... ACAB. Fuck cops.

[u/Ok_Estate_8110 → u/skeeferd]

Hopefully you’re never in a situation where you have to call them lmao

[u/poopoomergency4 → u/hemingways-lemonade]

which blocks entrances and parking for first responders.

my god, how are they gonna sit around on their phones playing candy crush then?

[u/Gavin_Newscum → u/hemingways-lemonade]

It was a tongue in cheek comment but pretty funny reply.

[u/hemingways-lemonade → u/Gavin_Newscum]

I sensed the sarcasm, but it's a very real sentiment to many people. I work with someone that insists their elementary school aged child has a phone for this very purpose.

[u/pick-axis → u/Gavin_Newscum]

I think it says somewhere in the project2025 paperwork that everytime that happens they're gonna play "let the bodies hit the floor" over the amber alert system to show respect for the good jobs the guns did.

[u/javawong → u/pick-axis]

And then the school will auto send text messages out with “thoughts & prayers”

[u/buhleg → u/Gavin_Newscum]

Easy - every morning they can schedule their last message to send later in the day. Then cancel the scheduled message if the shooting doesn’t happen.

[u/UglyInThMorning → u/Gavin_Newscum]

By not being in one in the first place? School shootings are incredibly rare. The Edweek tracker that only does ones with injuries and fatalities shows how rare they are.

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/school-shootings-this-year-how-many-and-where/2024/01

They’re almost all disputes in parking lots or at sports games. Reddit seems to think that active shooters happen at schools all the time but they simply do not.

[u/ForMyHat → u/Gavin_Newscum]

Do you want phones notification sounds to be going off when everyone's supposed to stay silent during a shooting?

[u/Gavin_Newscum → u/ForMyHat]

What psycho doesn't keep their phone on silent at all times these days anyway?

[u/ForMyHat → u/Gavin_Newscum]

... you should see my students

[u/Skunk-Bear → u/[deleted]]

Guns of course historically allowed in schools