At least one Kansas district is projecting $150,000 to $180,000 just to equip secondary students with individual phone lockers, according to the Wichita Eagle. The state provided zero dedicated funding. Every dollar comes from local budgets.
Districts choosing fabric locking pouches — think Yondr, the magnetic-lock system concert venues use to keep audiences present — face an estimated $30 per unit. Statewide, the Kansas Division of the Budget put that figure at roughly $13.4 million if every student received one, according to the Lawrence KS Times. Lockers require a steeper upfront investment. Neither option came with a state check attached.
Legislators passed the policy. The price tag was someone else’s problem.
Ah, so you work with ADULTS who PAY YOU MONEY. Not the same as K12 baby girl.
Nobody pays me except the school, same as you. The same school paid by the state for each student you have.
The difference is my students choose to be here. I dont have slave catchers to go out and drag them in when they decide to do other things. If I drop the ball in my classes, they can drop the class and go do other things. Can yours? Gun to your head, can you say for certain your kids would choose you over going to the beach or seeing a movie? Hell, attendance is only 40% of the grade for 24 classes. Most of mine could skip two weeks and not even blink. I point this out to them every semester, tell them I get paid either way. The only person who loses is them. How many no shows do you think I have?
Last semester I averaged less than 1 per week.
Sure, let’s just “unschool” all the children. As adults, we are never expected to pay attention to things we don’t find interesting or do things we don’t want to do, so that’s not a skill we need to teach children.