mossberg590 wrote on Jul 18, 2008 10:10 PM:
" READIN, RITHMATIC AND RITIN TEXT MESSAGES. School office has a phone, if you need the kid, call there. Last thing you need in a school is a phone/camera and text pad. Got a new "R" for you... RESTRICT AND BE STRICT. You are raising idiots who don't know how to make change or spell a 10 letter word correctly. GT MY DFT. DUH! YR RASIN A BNCH OF DCKIN FUMMES. "
kay27 wrote on Jul 18, 2008 2:38 PM:
" I agree that cell phones should be kept in lockers at school. However, I understand why a lot more kids have them. A lot of families have gotten rid of home phones all together and strictly use cell phones to save money on land lines that barely get used. Therefore, every member of the family ends up with a cell phone. "
ACE wrote on Jul 18, 2008 11:46 AM:
" Take them things away from them spoiled brats and take them away from their mothers who drive their sugar daddy husbands gas guzzling SUV so they pay attention to the road. "
annmal89 wrote on Jul 18, 2008 10:50 AM:
" janied-
I completely agree with you. It is insane the age at which children are recieving and using cell phones. "
Willie wrote on Jul 18, 2008 10:44 AM:
" The kids on the phone riding a bike only alludes to a bigger problem, adults driving and talking. I'm not being hypocritical either, I use my cell only for emergencies or coordination. Me and my wife share a plan that has 400 minutes a month (the least we could get). We used less than 200 minutes last month (I personally used 23 minutes and didn't call anybody.) I wonder how many other people that have cell phones can say that. It wouldn't hurt my feelings much if they tore down all of those ugly towers and got rid of them. Ask 911 dispatchers how well they like cell phones. What really gets me is when the public calls me at work and their phone cuts out over and over again. I think I am going to start hanging up on them so they stop wasting my time. Oops, call dropped. "
packer backer wrote on Jul 18, 2008 10:34 AM:
" I agree Willie 100% and for janied, that is funny. I have already seen one idiot kid on a bike with a cell phone trying to text. Wamo the bike goes right in to the curb, he flies off of it. He was ok, but I think he broke his cell phone. And that's our future leaders???... whew "
Willie wrote on Jul 18, 2008 10:26 AM:
" Recipe for disaster: one cell phone camera, a Myspace account, little or no adult supervision. And we wonder why sex offenders are running rampant. "
Rock wrote on Jul 18, 2008 9:14 AM:
" Senior Advocate - I'm pretty sure neves was poking fun at Dutchboy's comment. As for the cell phones, when I was in high school, 8 years ago, I knew 3 people who owned cell phones. I was at the Ona-Aquinas football game last fall when the lights went out, and the entire student section pulled out their phones! Wow, how the times have changed. "
Senior Advocate wrote on Jul 18, 2008 8:56 AM:
" Well DutchBoy and neves, good for you, if you had your way we would train and produce more and more idiots running around stating "fooball is my life, I live for fooball and baseeebaall" What? mathamaticss, wasss that.
Throw away the lives of 99.999% of all kids to produce , possible 1 major athlete. Talk about intelligence good grief can we get anymore dumbed down in our schools.
NO NEED FOR ANY CELL PHONE IN SCHOOL. If you cannot live with that then let them have the stupid things kept in their lockers only. "
janied wrote on Jul 18, 2008 8:45 AM:
" Why do these 'kids' need a cell phone anyways? I think it's hilarious when you see a kid - on a bike - because they're too young to drive, talking away on a cell phone. Puhleaze! "
R A wrote on Jul 18, 2008 8:26 AM:
" There is NO reason to have a cell phone in school. If you need to go home, or need a parent, call them from the office, which is how it was before cell phones. Kids have way too many priviledges these days, and it is not helping them! John, you are doing the right thing. "
enuffalready wrote on Jul 18, 2008 8:25 AM:
" If it was up to me the children wouldn't be allowed to have cell phones on high school property anywhere at any time. "
enuffalready wrote on Jul 18, 2008 8:23 AM:
" As an Onalaska resident with a child in high school, I'm glad that they are formalizing this policy. The locker rooms at the high school already have signage stating that cell phones are not allowed in the locker rooms. It "appears" to me that they are only formalizing a policy that is already in place. "
Darwin wrote on Jul 18, 2008 8:10 AM:
" Neves: you rock. You must know that there are two sets of rules for the kids of Onalaska HS. This all depends on social status, money, and most importantly - participation in sports or show choir. "
please wrote on Jul 18, 2008 7:57 AM:
" There is absolutely no reason whatsoever that any student needs a cell phone at school, period. They should be kept in lockers for use only when school is not in session. Any student found with a cell phone at any other time should have it taken away. They are a personal luxury item and unnecessary. "
neves wrote on Jul 18, 2008 7:35 AM:
" I agree with DutchBoy. Our schools should be frevently dedicated to making sure we produce star athletes. The most important thing we can do for our children today is to make sure they win games. They really only need to know enough Math, to be able to count high enough to keep score anyway. As long as they can read the playbook, that should take care of English as well. I suppose they better learn enough Science to be able to fix sprained ankles though. "
High Plains Drifter wrote on Jul 18, 2008 6:59 AM:
" Maybe these students need to get free legal assistance from the National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom,represented by attorneys Robert Greene of New York and Ken Artis of Black River Falls,because their Freedom of Speech right is being stepped on. "
DutchBoy wrote on Jul 18, 2008 6:55 AM:
" The Ona school board would do better to devote itself to hiring an athletic director and coaches dedicated to winning state championships than worrying about cell phones! "
Seriously Now wrote on Jul 18, 2008 6:25 AM:
" Cell phone cameras have been a privacy issue for more than two years! Where have these people been? They should have banned them when the first stories came out in national media a long time ago. "
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