Cell phone confiscated by school is lost

[Shay-Pari'e]

It was stolen before it could be delivered!

Gee, guess the teacher should not have left it out to be stolen.

 

[JustAPal00]

lol....that was the BEST the teacher could do? leave it out in the open for anyone to take. might as well left $200 cash out on the desk. you are so silly..

If that's all that was available! It's not the teachers job to watch little boys toys!

if the teacher is there to teach and not worry about expensive "toys", then why was she so concern as to have to take it? apparently she was.....

Because little boy had to play with his toys in class. Against the rules!

since when were phones considered "toys"? the teacher should have minded her own business then and not accepted the responsibility of taking it...otherwise she should have "secured" it or taken it to the office.

Minded her own business? They're considered toys when little boys have to send secret little messages about who they think is cute to their little friends!

 

[Shay-Pari'e]

If that's all that was available! It's not the teachers job to watch little boys toys!

Because little boy had to play with his toys in class. Against the rules!


Minded her own business? They're considered toys when little boys have to send secret little messages about who they think is cute to their little friends!

I can certainly see why you are confused.

Do you have children that take their cells to high school, middle school?

The teacher did not follow policy. Put a period at the end of this again!

The SCHOOL DID NOT FOLLOW POLICY!

 

[JustAPal00]

Do you have children that take their cells to high school, middle school?

If my 14 year old son counts? If he gets caught texting durring class, he won't need a phone anymore!

The teacher did not follow policy.

The SCHOOL DID NOT FOLLOW POLICY!

What part of policy didn't they follow? The phone was stolen durring the implementation!

 

[las365]

Las,

You are soooooooooooooooooooooo wrong. Why not just stop posting on this thread.

How impolite. I did read the newspaper story you linked; it didn't say anything about a school's liability for confiscated personal property.

From the OP, I am assuming the phone is/was the property of the parent, not the student.

1. The parent (arguably negligently, heh) entrusted the use and care of the property to the student
2. Due to the studen'ts negligence, the phone was confiscated
3. Arguably due to the teacher's negligence, the phone was stolen

Without the negligence of the student, the negligence of the teacher would not have occurred. The assessment of the liability for the parent's property loss is improper if it does not include the negligence of all parties involved. That's all I'm saying.

 

[Zigner]

I choose not to post a direct link to the policy (for privacy reasons). Here is the pertinent section:

PART B: ELECTRONIC DEVICES SUCH AS CELLULAR PHONES, PAGERS, CD PLAYERS WITH HEADSETS AND WALKMANS ARE NOT TO BE USED, HEARD OR VISIBLE IN THE CLASSROOM AT ANY TIME.



CONSEQUENCES:

1ST OFFENSE: Any device that disrupts the classroom or school will be confiscated and only released to the parent or held until the end of the semester.

2nd OFFENSE: The item will be held until the end of the school year.


IMPORTANT: XXX HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST OR STOLEN ITEMS.

 

[Shay-Pari'e]

I choose not to post a direct link to the policy (for privacy reasons). Here is the pertinent section: A direct link could have just included the policy, that you are not willing to do. The pertinent info is basically what I stated. (Who know's where that one came from anyway's)PART B: ELECTRONIC DEVICES SUCH AS CELLULAR PHONES, PAGERS, CD PLAYERS WITH HEADSETS AND WALKMANS ARE NOT TO BE USED, HEARD OR VISIBLE IN THE CLASSROOM AT ANY TIME. Well DUH!



CONSEQUENCES:

1ST OFFENSE: Any device that disrupts the classroom or school will be confiscated and only released to the parent or held until the end of the semester.

2nd OFFENSE: The item will be held until the end of the school year.


IMPORTANT: XXX HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST OR STOLEN ITEMS.

It was not lost you flippin idiot, it was stolen due to the teacher not following procedure!

 

[Shay-Pari'e]

How impolite. I did read the newspaper story you linked; it didn't say anything about a school's liability for confiscated personal property.

From the OP, I am assuming the phone is/was the property of the parent, not the student.

1. The parent (arguably negligently, heh) entrusted the use and care of the property to the student
2. Due to the studen'ts negligence, the phone was confiscated
3. Arguably due to the teacher's negligence, the phone was stolen

Without the negligence of the student, the negligence of the teacher would not have occurred. The assessment of the liability for the parent's property loss is improper if it does not include the negligence of all parties involved. That's all I'm saying.

And you are still wrong.

 

[Shay-Pari'e]

OP,

Take this to small claims. The teacher did not secure the confiscated phone, therefore it was stolen.

 

[Shay-Pari'e]

If my 14 year old son counts? If he gets caught texting durring class, he won't need a phone anymore!


What part of policy didn't they follow? The phone was stolen durring the implementation!

Honestly, you do not get it.

 

[Zigner]

It was not lost you flippin idiot, it was stolen due to the teacher not following procedure!

Shay, I am amazed at you. The teacher DID follow policy. He confiscated the phone and was going to take it to the office. NOWHERE does it state the teacher has to drop everything he is doing and take it to the office.
Well, here's one flippin' idiot flippin' off another...

 

[Shay-Pari'e]

Shay, I am amazed at you. The teacher DID follow policy. He confiscated the phone and was going to take it to the office. NOWHERE does it state the teacher has to drop everything he is doing and take it to the office.
Well, here's one flippin' idiot flippin' off another...

Nope! The teacher left it out in the open.

There is a desk that the teacher could have used, with those niftly yellow envelopes to put the phone in.

It was not secured, and that is what you are not getting.

I'm done with this thread, and be amazed all you want.

The Teacher did not follow procedure.

Funny, my daughter had her's confiscated 3 times, and it was a parent pick up.

As I stated, she has learded her lesson.

But the fact remains that it is school policy to insure that phone get's down to the office for parent pick up.

I'm done with with this thread because I know I am right.

Debate amongst yourselves.

 

[Zigner]

OP,

Take this to small claims. The teacher did not secure the confiscated phone, therefore it was stolen.

Shay - I would totally agree on this. You think they will win, I think they will lose. Honestly, it could go either way.

But, Shay - that blue tint you get when you hold your breath and stamp your feet makes me want to agree with you!

 

[Shay-Pari'e]

Zinger, I apologize for calling you an idiot. I'm under alot of stress at the moment. Good stress, but stress none the less.

 

[JustAPal00]

Nope! The teacher left it out in the open.

There is a desk that the teacher could have used, with those niftly yellow envelopes to put the phone in.

It was not secured, and that is what you are not getting.

Making a few assumptions there aren't we? At my old high school we had lecture rooms with a large table at the front and a podium next to it. No teachers desks. (might be a different teacher in the next period)

The Teacher did not follow procedure.

Another assumption! We don't have access to the written policy! You know what happens when you ASS-U-ME!

Funny, my daughter had her's confiscated 3 times, and it was a parent pick up.

As I stated, she has learded her lesson.

This explains your resistance to place any blame on the OP's kid! You don't discipline your own!

But the fact remains that it is school policy to insure that phone get's down to the office for parent pick up.

Still ASS-U-MING