August 6, 2025 • 8 mins
Is it already the end of the summer? Well it doesn't feel like it but the kiddo's are headed back to school and some districts are making a radical change to their cell phone policies so Dom and Melissa wanted to sit down and chat about if limiting phone use will be effective. Wanna stay connected to the show and follow along with all our stories? Follow us at the Dom with Melissa Facebook page here: Dom With Melissa Facebook Page
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Dumb in the Morning with Melissa Moore the podcast on
Cool one oh five.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
A couple of things. Speaking of hot to talk about,
we'll come back here in a moment. Let's talk about
how some schools are already starting in the fact that well,
let's come back and talk about that. But first I
want to talk about that thing with schools that you
were mentioning a few minutes ago about how one of
the districts up in Well County has taken a stand
on cell phones.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yeah, Ari four, that's the district is saying no cell
phone usage on the campus. And it's I'm going to
have to dive into it a little deeper and see
if kids can even have it on them or are
they allowed not allowed to even have it on them.
I think they can have it on them, but they
cannot use it. If they get caught using it, whether
that's calling or playing a game, then there's like different
(00:50):
levels of punishment, Like the first one is turn your
phone in, then it's this, then it's that. But they're
not messing around. They said they did a lot of
extensive research and studies and read different studies and kids'
brains and all of that, and they don't want kids
to have the cell phones in school.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Well, the story's slightly vague when you dig into it,
and I've gone to three different sources on this. It
sounds like they can have them, but it's the use
of cell phones inside elementary and middle schools. For high
school students, they can only use their cell phones during
passing periods and lunch. And somebody, one of our listeners
(01:25):
wrote in they go what about smart watches? It says
smart watches are only allowed to be used for time
keeping purposes. How do you like monitor and enforce police that.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I don't know what would you need to really time
unless you're doing sprints or something like that in gym class.
I don't know what you're actually timing.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
This parent, she's a parent and part of the part
of the district accountability team who there's a title. That's
what I won't be part of. She says, we just
want the best learning environment for the kids. Yeah, and
I was I guess they were finding a ton of
kids in class were a ordering lunch.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Yeah yeah, I mean door dash, I mean.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Whatever, or playing video games on their phones while class
is going on. So it's like, yeah, i'd step in
on that too from the district.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
So and I think for so long, so many parents
are like, hey, and I think it is a reality.
As a parent with a kid in school, you want
your kid to have a phone nearby should something happen,
should an emergency happen. You you feel better as a
parent if they have a phone, but you don't want
them on it during school. Most parents would be like, no,
I don't want that. That wasn't the purpose of having it.
(02:40):
Leave it in the backpack, Leave it in your back pocket,
you know, something like that. So I think it seems reasonable.
What about you?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Yeah, absolutely, I don't think. In fact, I think as
soon as cell phones popped up, this should have become
widespread policy throughout school districts. I mean, I don't know
why it's taken. I mean cell phone. You know, the
iPhone is almost twenty years old now right. I was like,
why did it take twenty years for schools to say
you can't use this in class or have it in class?
Speaker 4 (03:10):
But so'm I think it's great?
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Yeah, I do too. I think it's reasonable too. I
don't think any kid or parent can really get upset
about a policy like that.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I demand that my child be able to order their
burrito right.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Right.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
They are in last class.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Right because lunch is coming up. I mean, you can't
expect them not to have lunch.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
And the other thing with you wrapped in your shawl.
Let's talk about the fact that there are some school Like,
was it your niece who's today?
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Is the first day of school? Yep, it's August sixth.
I know they're listening to a podcast of this in
the future. We're recording this on August six for stay
of school kids already going back to school.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
My sister lives outside of Indianapolis, and I called her
this morning because she's two hours ahead, so it's not outrageous.
When I call her and I go, what are you
guys up to today, She's like, oh, we're getting ready
first day of school. I go, what, man, I go,
first first day of school? Like not just teachers back.
She goes, no, first day of school August sixth, And
(04:09):
I said, wow, you guys are just ripping that band
aid off and she goes yeah. And then dance practice
starts tonight, so it's like everything.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
So all the fall stuff is starting now early August, right,
August sixth, and I just I feel badly for the parents,
and I feel badly for the kids because I.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
In my mind summer is June, July, August, yeah, and
maybe late August, I'll give you. But you know, in
my mind too, it's always been after Labor Day. So
the fact that school starting August sixth, and we've got
schools getting ready to start right here in Denver in
just a few days as well, it just feels way
too early. It's like, how do you plan a summer
(04:46):
vacation as a family.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Well, you know, and part of it too, is that
so kids get so many more longer extended breaks than
we were used to when we were younger. Like somebody
was telling me that their school has a two week
fall break instead of just one week, and then they
have another week in the spring, and then they've got
a month off during the holidays and stuff like that,
and so they've got to you know, fit their days in.
(05:10):
I get concerned that it's you know, one hundred degrees,
and as we know, there are still some schools that
don't have ac absolutely, and it's like, man, do we
want to send kids back when it's one hundred can't
we wait until closer to September.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
But I guess not.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
I guess not. I'm with you though on the whole
fall break thing. I don't remember. I may I remember
maybe like a teacher work day or having a like
a four day weekend as a kid, but I don't
remember having a week offer too.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
We never had a fall break.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Yeah, I don't remember that ever being a thing until
my daughter was little and I was like, what do
you mean you have a fall break? What's that? That
just means as a working mom, I got to figure
something out, that's right. That's the hard part in the
half days. Get rid of the half days. What parent
wants a half day?
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Just commit one way of the right right, either it's
either school or there's no school, right.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
This half day for working families. I unless I.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Think you're right about that.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
I hated it. Hated it because all of a sudden,
I'd be at the radio station. I'm like, yeah, I know,
I've been here a few hours, but I got to go.
You know, if I'm a teacher, I hate it too.
You know, it's like I got to do all of
this for half a day, half a day, and nobody's
taking it seriously, you know.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
You know, as they say, bleep or get off the pot,
make up your mind. Are you going to school or not?
If you're not, hey, fine, fine, they just don't go.
Don't make us go for two and a half hours
or whatever.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Right, it's a pretend day. We're just playing games in
class on.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
A have day. Might as well just give the kids
their phones there, order lunch and.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Can you get home because you won't be here.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
We're talking about school districts starting policies where they will
not allow cell phones in the classroom or at least
out of the backpack or anything. And interesting, Louise wrote
in you know as a teacher, and she goes, mothers
(07:04):
are actually calling kids during class. I have taken a
phone from a kid and talked to the parent and
ask them, please don't call during class.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
I just wrote always back and I said, I am
guilty not of calling my daughter when she was in school,
but I would send her a text and she text
me back and I went, oh my gosh, I just
text you during school, Like I was totally guilty as
a parent. I thought of something I wanted to let
her know. And this was before Apple had the send
later feature. Huh, And so I was so afraid I
was gonna forget to say, hey, when you get home,
(07:36):
will you make sure you do this or let the
dog out or something like that. And I sent it
right away and I got a response. I'm like, well,
that's not good. She's got her phone and she's texting me.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
You know.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
I guess that's because we were talking off the air
about the whole You know, scheduling a text. If it's
an iPhone, you can schedule a text to go at
a certain time and that would be good. You find
out your kid's schedule, you find out when they're at lunch, yes,
and you can schedule a text for that time.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
And as parents, I highly recommend you do it because
all of a sudden it will hit you and you'll say,
I just text my kid in class and they text
me back.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Dom in the Morning with Melissa Moore the podcast on
Cool one oh five. Subscribe now so you never miss
an episode and learn more about the show at Cool
one o five dot com
Dumb in the Morning with Melissa Moore the podcast on
Cool one oh five.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
A couple of things. Speaking of hot to talk about,
we'll come back here in a moment. Let's talk about
how some schools are already starting in the fact that well,
let's come back and talk about that. But first I
want to talk about that thing with schools that you
were mentioning a few minutes ago about how one of
the districts up in Well County has taken a stand
on cell phones.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yeah, Ari four, that's the district is saying no cell
phone usage on the campus. And it's I'm going to
have to dive into it a little deeper and see
if kids can even have it on them or are
they allowed not allowed to even have it on them.
I think they can have it on them, but they
cannot use it. If they get caught using it, whether
that's calling or playing a game, then there's like different
(00:50):
levels of punishment, Like the first one is turn your
phone in, then it's this, then it's that. But they're
not messing around. They said they did a lot of
extensive research and studies and read different studies and kids'
brains and all of that, and they don't want kids
to have the cell phones in school.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Well, the story's slightly vague when you dig into it,
and I've gone to three different sources on this. It
sounds like they can have them, but it's the use
of cell phones inside elementary and middle schools. For high
school students, they can only use their cell phones during
passing periods and lunch. And somebody, one of our listeners
(01:25):
wrote in they go what about smart watches? It says
smart watches are only allowed to be used for time
keeping purposes. How do you like monitor and enforce police that.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I don't know what would you need to really time
unless you're doing sprints or something like that in gym class.
I don't know what you're actually timing.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
This parent, she's a parent and part of the part
of the district accountability team who there's a title. That's
what I won't be part of. She says, we just
want the best learning environment for the kids. Yeah, and
I was I guess they were finding a ton of
kids in class were a ordering lunch.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Yeah yeah, I mean door dash, I mean.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Whatever, or playing video games on their phones while class
is going on. So it's like, yeah, i'd step in
on that too from the district.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
So and I think for so long, so many parents
are like, hey, and I think it is a reality.
As a parent with a kid in school, you want
your kid to have a phone nearby should something happen,
should an emergency happen. You you feel better as a
parent if they have a phone, but you don't want
them on it during school. Most parents would be like, no,
I don't want that. That wasn't the purpose of having it.
(02:40):
Leave it in the backpack, Leave it in your back pocket,
you know, something like that. So I think it seems reasonable.
What about you?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Yeah, absolutely, I don't think. In fact, I think as
soon as cell phones popped up, this should have become
widespread policy throughout school districts. I mean, I don't know
why it's taken. I mean cell phone. You know, the
iPhone is almost twenty years old now right. I was like,
why did it take twenty years for schools to say
you can't use this in class or have it in class?
Speaker 4 (03:10):
But so'm I think it's great?
Speaker 3 (03:12):
Yeah, I do too. I think it's reasonable too. I
don't think any kid or parent can really get upset
about a policy like that.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I demand that my child be able to order their
burrito right.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Right.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
They are in last class.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Right because lunch is coming up. I mean, you can't
expect them not to have lunch.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
And the other thing with you wrapped in your shawl.
Let's talk about the fact that there are some school Like,
was it your niece who's today?
Speaker 4 (03:37):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Is the first day of school? Yep, it's August sixth.
I know they're listening to a podcast of this in
the future. We're recording this on August six for stay
of school kids already going back to school.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
My sister lives outside of Indianapolis, and I called her
this morning because she's two hours ahead, so it's not outrageous.
When I call her and I go, what are you
guys up to today, She's like, oh, we're getting ready
first day of school. I go, what, man, I go,
first first day of school? Like not just teachers back.
She goes, no, first day of school August sixth, And
(04:09):
I said, wow, you guys are just ripping that band
aid off and she goes yeah. And then dance practice
starts tonight, so it's like everything.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
So all the fall stuff is starting now early August, right,
August sixth, and I just I feel badly for the parents,
and I feel badly for the kids because I.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
In my mind summer is June, July, August, yeah, and
maybe late August, I'll give you. But you know, in
my mind too, it's always been after Labor Day. So
the fact that school starting August sixth, and we've got
schools getting ready to start right here in Denver in
just a few days as well, it just feels way
too early. It's like, how do you plan a summer
(04:46):
vacation as a family.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Well, you know, and part of it too, is that
so kids get so many more longer extended breaks than
we were used to when we were younger. Like somebody
was telling me that their school has a two week
fall break instead of just one week, and then they
have another week in the spring, and then they've got
a month off during the holidays and stuff like that,
and so they've got to you know, fit their days in.
(05:10):
I get concerned that it's you know, one hundred degrees,
and as we know, there are still some schools that
don't have ac absolutely, and it's like, man, do we
want to send kids back when it's one hundred can't
we wait until closer to September.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
But I guess not.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
I guess not. I'm with you though on the whole
fall break thing. I don't remember. I may I remember
maybe like a teacher work day or having a like
a four day weekend as a kid, but I don't
remember having a week offer too.
Speaker 4 (05:40):
We never had a fall break.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Yeah, I don't remember that ever being a thing until
my daughter was little and I was like, what do
you mean you have a fall break? What's that? That
just means as a working mom, I got to figure
something out, that's right. That's the hard part in the
half days. Get rid of the half days. What parent
wants a half day?
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Just commit one way of the right right, either it's
either school or there's no school, right.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
This half day for working families. I unless I.
Speaker 4 (06:05):
Think you're right about that.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
I hated it. Hated it because all of a sudden,
I'd be at the radio station. I'm like, yeah, I know,
I've been here a few hours, but I got to go.
You know, if I'm a teacher, I hate it too.
You know, it's like I got to do all of
this for half a day, half a day, and nobody's
taking it seriously, you know.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
You know, as they say, bleep or get off the pot,
make up your mind. Are you going to school or not?
If you're not, hey, fine, fine, they just don't go.
Don't make us go for two and a half hours
or whatever.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Right, it's a pretend day. We're just playing games in
class on.
Speaker 4 (06:35):
A have day. Might as well just give the kids
their phones there, order lunch and.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Can you get home because you won't be here.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
We're talking about school districts starting policies where they will
not allow cell phones in the classroom or at least
out of the backpack or anything. And interesting, Louise wrote
in you know as a teacher, and she goes, mothers
(07:04):
are actually calling kids during class. I have taken a
phone from a kid and talked to the parent and
ask them, please don't call during class.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
I just wrote always back and I said, I am
guilty not of calling my daughter when she was in school,
but I would send her a text and she text
me back and I went, oh my gosh, I just
text you during school, Like I was totally guilty as
a parent. I thought of something I wanted to let
her know. And this was before Apple had the send
later feature. Huh, And so I was so afraid I
was gonna forget to say, hey, when you get home,
(07:36):
will you make sure you do this or let the
dog out or something like that. And I sent it
right away and I got a response. I'm like, well,
that's not good. She's got her phone and she's texting me.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
You know.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
I guess that's because we were talking off the air
about the whole You know, scheduling a text. If it's
an iPhone, you can schedule a text to go at
a certain time and that would be good. You find
out your kid's schedule, you find out when they're at lunch, yes,
and you can schedule a text for that time.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
And as parents, I highly recommend you do it because
all of a sudden it will hit you and you'll say,
I just text my kid in class and they text
me back.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Dom in the Morning with Melissa Moore the podcast on
Cool one oh five. Subscribe now so you never miss
an episode and learn more about the show at Cool
one o five dot com
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