KISD board candidates share the school mobile’s mobile phone directive

Killen, Texas (KWTX) -The candidates of the KISD board member for Place Drei are divided into the future of the YondDR bags, in which the students have to block their cell phones in the KISD schools during the school day. The reigning Oliver Mintz supports their use. Challenger Lan Carter wants you to disappear.

The choice comes after a fatal stitch at the Roy J. Smith Middle School. At school, the students have to seal their cell phones in a Yondr bag during the school day. Renee Calzado, parents of Roy J. Smith Middle School, said that this made it difficult to reach her children on the day of the stitch.

“My concern were these bags,” said Calzado on the day of the stab.

Lan Carter agrees with Calzado. She said the Yondr bags hinder communication between parents and students in emergencies.

“Especially with this tragedy, the parents want their children to have access to mobile phones because they were not notified in enough time,” said Carter.

The reigning Oliver Mintz, who was looking for a re -election, said that the students do not have to be on their telephones during emergencies.

“As soon as they went and were safe, they were allowed to communicate with their parents,” said Mintz. “The idea that communication somehow disabled is only objectively wrong.”

Mintz said that the district should improve communication with parents in emergencies in order to avoid their trust in his children for information.

“We have to do better work to ensure that the parents understand that this message is important in an emergency,” said Mintz.

Carter criticized the effectiveness of the bags outside of emergency situations.

“It was a waste of money,” said Carter. “Children have already found ways to handle the Yondr bags.”

Mintz argued that teachers appreciate the bags because they reduce the distractions in the classroom.

“If you don’t put it in a Yondr bag, you will continue to receive warnings and notifications, and cell phones are still a distraction in class,” said Mintz.

Carter would like to replace the Yondr bags with a guideline that limits the use of mobile phones at school.

“I used to work in a neighboring district and we didn’t have cell phone guidelines,” said Carter. “My class did not use your phones unless I gave them permission.”

Mintz said teachers shouldn’t have to worry about enforcing a mobile phone directive.

“I want my teachers to teach,” said Mintz. “I don’t want you to worry about enforcing all of these other rules and telling the children that they should put their phones away and monitor all of this.”

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