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Kansas Schools Now Collect Phones at the Door – Spends $180K On Smartphone Lockers (www.gadgetreview.com)
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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.

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[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What is the alternative that doesn't invite High School students to be dishonest?

Which to be clear, they 100% will do. Either for malicious reasons or just for a goof and a gaff

There are literally high school students walking around with phones more expensive than my first car, and I'm not that old...

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How doesn't this also encourage the same dishonesty? Claim to not have a phone, or have a spare.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

If they are going to put their phone in their sock, or up their prison pocket. No system is going to stop that.

But individual lockers prevent someone from leaving with someone else's phone....