At least one Kansas district is projecting $150,000 to $180,000 just to equip secondary students with individual phone lockers, according to the Wichita Eagle. The state provided zero dedicated funding. Every dollar comes from local budgets.
Districts choosing fabric locking pouches — think Yondr, the magnetic-lock system concert venues use to keep audiences present — face an estimated $30 per unit. Statewide, the Kansas Division of the Budget put that figure at roughly $13.4 million if every student received one, according to the Lawrence KS Times. Lockers require a steeper upfront investment. Neither option came with a state check attached.
Legislators passed the policy. The price tag was someone else’s problem.
why not just have lockers or better yet use the already existing ones? phones have to stay home or in the locker?
it’s a question of how you choose to enforce the policy. locking up phones as each student enters the building guarantees close to 100% compliance and the rest of the day is undisturbed.
if they just tell students phones have to stay in lockers then teachers will constantly have to be on the lookout for phones and will never get close to 100% compliance.
I don’t see how there is a difference. do they have cell phone sensing technology and have somone take them and lock them up or do students lock them up as they enter. it makes no difference if they lock them up in their locker or a special cell phone place. either way some students will try and sneak around it.
There are so many ways to handle this that don’t require $180,000 in spending. You could use a physical closet somewhere in the school, an old-ass lockable filing cabinet, or just require that they be left at home and punish offenders.
don’t even need to punish much. confiscate and can be picked up by the parents.