Miah Cerrillo, another student, also trapped in the classrooms, made a 911 call from Khloie's phone and repeatedly inquired about the law enforcement response.

Can’t ask where the good guys with a gun are if you can’t dial out, checkmate children

[–] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It depends entirely on how districts implement it since there wasn't clear guidelines other than "not in use in the classroom" which could mean just kept in their backpacks.

Also, classrooms should generally have a wired phone for parent teacher communication and the teacher will still have their phone.

[–] violetsoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have never seen or heard of a landline in a classroom!

[–] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Most teachers have a desk phone that is wired into their system. It should be a landline. Some schools are moving away from those and using virtual phone systems through teams and other apps but physical phones are still pretty common.

[–] violetsoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

i attended numerous different schools in the 80's and 90's and never saw or heard of one, the teachers would use the office phone when they spoke to my parents. My own kids classrooms have never had one that I have seen and we live on the opposite coast but they have spoken to us on cellphones or more recently through an app.

i'm not doubting you just surprised to hear it's a thing my parents were split and i was a 'problem child' so i ended up going to a different school almost every year and im surprised i never ran into one.

edit: this is like when you learn some people wipe standing up 😂 my wife said her schoolrooms had them and and was shocked none of mine did

[–] Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol it could be one of those logical fallacies where I just noticed that all the classrooms I've been in had them and assumed that was the majority of the case and you did the opposite. We need a nationwide poll to sort this out. Priorities.

[–] violetsoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

https://lemmy.ml/post/34477009 I made a post about it so we can see!

edit: oh you are already in there!

[–] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The next school shooter is going to love his pool of victims not having means of communication

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Don't worry, the armed drones are there to protect them... I wish I was fucking joking.

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

I mean allowing teachers to really enforce not having your phone out in class is good and a no brainer, but all I can think now is how the Uvalde police can be even more useless now

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

For those of you with kids, if they aren’t young enough to lose it you could probably get your kid a cellular smartwatch to wear if you are concerned about them being out of touch.