Comment on Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout

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• JaymesRS@literature.cafe ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes they are. These 9th graders are feral though. That realization would require forethought.

  Some of these kids should have been sent out to cut trail for a year between HS and Middle School.

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  • mean_bean279@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is highly dependent on the state and even the areas within a state. Here in California for instance we have the Williams Act which lays out a ton of guidance. Some of which impact students paying for things at schools. Some districts in the state view Williams Act and 1:1 Chromebook deployments as being something that the student/parents aren’t responsible for paying for even when they purposefully damage it. This can change though from region to region in the state based on how a districts legal team and its board chooses to read the law since no one so far (at least as far as I was last aware and I work in edtech) has pushed to see where it stops or starts. I’ve worked for districts that were on separate ends of that spectrum and even in the district that made parents pay for damages we still would give them a replacement and not charge them since it was added to a “tab” and only if they wanted transcripts did they have to pay.

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    • JaymesRS@literature.cafe ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s fair. In my district your insurance is covered if you qualify for assistance, but intentional damage isn’t included in insurance.

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  • Warehouse@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What does “cut trail” mean in this context? Do you mean literally going to walking trails and maintaining them? Is there precident for that?

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    • JaymesRS@literature.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That was what I was referring to. I was being a bit hyperbolic, but a year in national service (beyond just the military) in general not a new proposal. Pete Buttigieg suggested it after HS as part of his candidacy during the 2020 democratic primary.

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  • macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    *Junior High

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    • JaymesRS@literature.cafe ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In the states I’ve lived in, Junior High and Middle school are both synonymous with grades 6-8

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