Goshen, Kentucky (Oldham County).
I'm pretty sure that it is illeagle for a public school to confiscate a phone worth 300 dollars. Because the fact that students are required to attend highschool, (if they dont then they're legal guardians will be arrested) it seems unjust to put them in the position to be restricted from the use of a telephone in case of an emergency. Plus every legal citizen has the right to attend public school, we pay for it in our taxes, and if we dont give them the phone, my daughter wont be allowed back in school.
The situation:
My daughter was in class when her phone (which was in her pocket) vibrated, not making much noise, not distracted class. The teacher then asked for the phone, and my daughter refused to give it to her do to the fact she knew that they would donate it to an unspecified charity. Because my daughter refused to give up the phone, she is to be expelled until further notice. The problem is that I had signed a paper saying that if it were seen again it would be confiscated, but this was not notarized, and there was no signature of a witness. The school told me that if the paper was not signed, then my daughter would not be allowed to come back to school, putting me in a lose-lose situation. A contract is not legal unless it is notarized, am I correct? And a school is not allowed to turn down the right to an education, unless specified that the student had broken a rule that is grounds for expulsion, which this rule was not.
If my daughter does not have that phone and I have a heart attack (I've already had two, and a history of heart problems) how am I going contact her? We can't afford another phone, unless we want to be 300 dollars in debt. I'm just pretty sure that there is some sort of law prohibiting the government to confiscate property without just cause. Any help would be great.
I'm pretty sure that it is illeagle for a public school to confiscate a phone worth 300 dollars. Because the fact that students are required to attend highschool, (if they dont then they're legal guardians will be arrested) it seems unjust to put them in the position to be restricted from the use of a telephone in case of an emergency. Plus every legal citizen has the right to attend public school, we pay for it in our taxes, and if we dont give them the phone, my daughter wont be allowed back in school.
The situation:
My daughter was in class when her phone (which was in her pocket) vibrated, not making much noise, not distracted class. The teacher then asked for the phone, and my daughter refused to give it to her do to the fact she knew that they would donate it to an unspecified charity. Because my daughter refused to give up the phone, she is to be expelled until further notice. The problem is that I had signed a paper saying that if it were seen again it would be confiscated, but this was not notarized, and there was no signature of a witness. The school told me that if the paper was not signed, then my daughter would not be allowed to come back to school, putting me in a lose-lose situation. A contract is not legal unless it is notarized, am I correct? And a school is not allowed to turn down the right to an education, unless specified that the student had broken a rule that is grounds for expulsion, which this rule was not.
If my daughter does not have that phone and I have a heart attack (I've already had two, and a history of heart problems) how am I going contact her? We can't afford another phone, unless we want to be 300 dollars in debt. I'm just pretty sure that there is some sort of law prohibiting the government to confiscate property without just cause. Any help would be great.
