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Principal Confiscates Student's iPhone 6 & Refuses to Return it to Parents.

ModPrandine·4/20/2015, 7:57:03 PM·2 votes·1,194 views
Principal Confiscates Student's iPhone 6 & Refuses to Return it to Parents

What are your thoughts on this?

On the one hand I can understand where the principal is coming from in that the daughter broke the rules and should be punished for them as well also. However, on the other hand, I can also see where the dad is coming from as well in that it's not the principals phone so she should just give it back to the dad and let him deal with the girl when he can. I also don't agree with the principal offering up a lesser phone (that could very well belong to another student as well also) instead of the original phone instead-like why even offer up another phone in the first place if you won't even return the original one instead?

I also don't agree with the whole "No items returned until the end of the grading quarter" rule as I think that that's just too long to wait just to get an item returned to someone. What if there's an emergency happening and going on in there? The girl wouldn't be able to call and ask for help from 911 because she doesn't have her phone with her right there, and going to the front office to call for help certainly might not be an option for her there either, so there's that at least.

The way that I see it, there should be a 3 strike rule in place to help prevent these sorts of things from occurring on a regular basis there.

X1. No phone/item until the end of the period/day. X2. No phone/item until the end of the school week. X3+. No phone/item until the end of the grading period there.

This would send a message to the student that the more times you do it, the longer it's gonna be until they get their item back to them. If teachers are worried that students are gonna use them to cheat on tests them have the students relinquish their items until after they completed their test there so they won't have a way to cheat on the test. If students choose to hide their items then they can be confiscated right then and there until further notice.

That's just how I feel about the issue here anyways, so there's that at least.

11 Comments

AJStarhiker4/20/2015, 11:10:41 PM2 votes

From what I saw, it's not theft because the property will be returned at a designated time as part of the school policy. Now, if the phone is stolen during that period, then the school would probably be liable. And I rather doubt the policy was unknown.

It reminded me an awful lot of of all the 2-week and permaban complaints I've seen over the years, especially from people who had bought a bunch of skins for those accounts.

Had that been my family back in high school, not only would my dad have left the phone until the school said it could be picked up, I probably would have been grounded at home for doing something to lose it in the first place.

Kinjishi4/21/2015, 3:15:24 AM2 votes

The daughter knew what she was doing and it probably isn't the first time she has done it either. The father should be upset... at his daughter. He buys her a top of the line phone (in high school) and she uses it for this. Class act, she is.

DrCyanide4/20/2015, 8:19:53 PM1 votes

I'm curious on what grounds this rule would last if it was reversed. If the school had a system that let students check out technology (laptops, tablets, lab equipment, whatever) and a parent had a "written policy" that any such equipment brought home would stay at their house for one year following the end of the school year, I'm pretty sure the school would either fine the family or get authorities involved.

It feels like the school is trying their hardest to hide behind "but we have a policy".

Aerothal4/20/2015, 8:40:18 PM1 votes

and this is game related how?!?

Morgan Slaveman4/20/2015, 8:09:38 PM1 votes

The principal should be reported to the police for theft. While I agree with the ability of the staff to confiscate a phone from a student, the principal essentially took and is refusing to return the father's property.

Dangerous Man4/21/2015, 1:23:15 AM1 votes

That principal is stupid. I don't own a phone (Or want one) but this is evil and illegal.

phirestarter4/20/2015, 9:42:09 PM1 votes

I read about this and it's utterly absurd. The parent should have immediately called 911 and reported a robbery and sent that teacher to jail.

An iphone costs $500+ dollars, that's grand theft or whatever they call it when you steal over a certain amount and it's no longer a misdemeanor minor crime.

The teacher had every right to confiscate a phone from the student, but has no right to then refuse to return it the parent.

DMouseslayer4/20/2015, 8:17:49 PM1 votes

Petty school principal who's life looks like this, elementary, middle, jr high, high school, college, teaching, principal, needs to learn that the real world exists.

The dad should report her to police for theft. And he should push it. Good lesson for his daughter too. Also check the phone records to see if she used any minutes/texts/data while it was in her possession. Hit her and the school for as much money as possible. Sue the crap out of them for libel too if the Principal says that the girl could use it for cheating. Go for the throat and don't let go until you've won.