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School System Considers Jamming Students' Phones
An anonymous reader writes "The St. Ansgar, Iowa school system is considering buying cell-phone jamming equipment for up to $5000 if it is deemed legal. The use of the equipment would be suspended in the case of an emergency, but one has to wonder if they would be quick enough to shut it down should an emergency arise. 'A Federal Communications Commission notice issued in 2005 says the sale and use of transmitters that jam cellular or personal communications services is unlawful.'"
the school, the superindendent jim woodward, his phone number : 641-713-4681, his email jwoodward@st-ansgar.k12.ia.us, his office hours 7:45am to 4pm, and the next school board meeting is 08/10/2009 7:00 pm, the last meeting minutes discussing jamming of cell phones
The board discussed jamming cell phones during school hours. IASB does not have a legal opinion on it. Kleinwort moved duly 2nd by Shupe to spend up to $5,000 to jam cell phones during school hours for the 2009-10 school year. Ayes-Hatten, Hertel, Gordon, Stelpflug, Shupe, and Kleinwort. Nays-None.
plus how to get to the next meeting
You're obviously a jackass who needs all the guidance he can get.
I personally feel that schools should be allowed to jam cell phones and pagers. When I went to school if you were caught with a pager it was confiscated till EOD. You ARE in school to learn, not to play around with texting, facebook, myspace and twatter.
Event of an emergency? Give my a f'ing break. Total BS. The school has a phone..
One of the major problems with schools in America is that teachers have been threatened so much with lawsuits and getting possibly fired that it has become mostly impossible to reprimand those disrespectful little fuckers.
I hate kids if you haven't figured that out.
Apparently, someone needed to pay more attention in spelling class.
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