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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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[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 25 points 1 week ago (7 children)

6 digits? When I was in school the teachers tossed them in a cardboard box

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds great until either a) a student laughs, says no, and stays on their phone or b) a teacher gets fired for trying to force a student to drop their phone in a cardboard box

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I remember witnessing a) happen more than once, and they ended up in the principal's office. As for b), the teacher shouldn't be getting physical, that's not their job. If a student is being insubordinate in any way, there are already mechanisms in place to deal with it. This is nothing new.

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