Vice Principal Lost a Student's Cell Phone

Yep. The vice principal confiscated a student's cell phone the other day and lost it. They were looking for it today afterschool, with the Vice Principal just looking sort of nonchalant and slightly perplexed, asking teachers if he'd left it in their classroom while he made his rounds throughout the week. The student looked confused and worried. He's my student and I asked if he had Find My iPhone, but he said the VP told him to turn off his phone when it was confiscated. District policy is that the student must keep their phone in their assigned locker, so this student had his phone confiscated because it was on his person. I asked another teacher if the VP would have to replace the phone and the answer was no because district policy says they aren't responsible for any lost, stolen, etc. This is sort of messed up, but also the students have a habit of breaking the rules without consequence. Not saying this is a consequence at all. I have confiscated phones, but I usually return them to the student right after class or, worst case, afterschool. I put it in my locked desk but now I'm thinking I don't want to bother confiscating phones anymore. I'd hate to be responsible for a lost phone. These students are wild and I have caught a student trying to steal his own phone back from my locked desk. Apparently, there's another VP who has lost about 6 or 7 cell phones this year. I had a student last year who initially refused to give me his phone, saying that this VP lost or broke his phone and his mom said to not give it to a teacher ever again. I didn't believe him because these kids lie so much, so I told him to go homeschool with his mom or give me the phone. I reassured him by putting it in my cargo pocket with my own phone and promised I'd keep it safe, but I wasn't going to negotiate in the moment. Anyway, so that's one thing going on where I work. submitted by /u/hijirah [link] [comments]