Are cellphone rules, Yonder pouches, making our children less safe at schools in Connecticut? 12 years after the trajedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT where 20 first graders and 6 employees were killed are our schools any safer here in Connecticut now that our children are cellphone-less? After today’s shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia where 2 students and 2 teachers were killed with 9 others taken to the hospital with injuries, the threat of school shootings is alive and well. Is it time to rethink Yonder pouches and students access to cell phones? 2024 has seen over 140 shooting incidents at K-12 Over 100 injuries and fatalities Over 60% have been in highschools Over 400 different schools since 1999 Per security.org We get it. Cell phones are a distraction. Students can not learn if they are on social media. A teacher’s job is much tougher when having to police phones. However, what is the risk to safety in the event of a school shooter? Call for help? We have all heard the heart-wrenching 911 calls of students trapped in an active shooter situation. Some of these students are the ones who call 911 and alert authorities. They are brave children who have the peace of mind to hide and call for help. They also have access to their cellphones. The number you have reached is not in service…. We here in Connecticut, led by Gov. Ned Lamont crusade against cellphones in the classroom, have removed a potentially life saving option for students who are in an active shooter scenario. The access to cellphones may pose a hinderance to learning, but these same devices can save lives when timing is everything in alerting authorities of an active shooter on school grounds. Has Connecticut made schools less safe in the name of concentration and paying attention? Is it time to rethink the Yonder pouches, which locked up students phones until the end of day, before( God Forbid ) a student doesn’t make it to the end of the day? Share your thoughts on this matter Should Yonder Pouches go? D.M. Livingston 09/04/2024 Uncategorized community , Crime , news.
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Locations of school shootings since 1970- Center for Homeland Defense and Security
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