apparently you have mastered the art of abbreviated speak far netter than i have 😀 honestly, the way i see this, is that people are opposed to texting. that is the bottom line. texting. so what people propose as a solution, is disabling the text function on the phone, but as we all know, that never works, because texting does have it’s practical uses, and eventually we end up removing that restriction. therefore here is a solution that i found to be quite effective, and it is what i do currently and did in high school. basically, you LIMIT the texts on the phone. personally i am limited to 200 texts a month, and if i went over i would have to pay for it out of my own $$$. 200 texts a month comes out to approximately 7 texts a day give or take. problem solved. everywhere. school, home, wherever. if you can only send 7 texts a day, and to text more than the allotted amount would result in monetary loss, then a i guarantee you they will only text when necessary. nothing is more important to a high school kid than his $$$ 😀 this solves the problem on the parents end. it does nothing to solve the problem from the principal’s end…but it’s a start. it is a good start though…because many parents are at odds with principals on this one, and this is a kind of compromise.
(mods feel free to edit this last part if you feel it is inappropriate, i just feel it needs airing)
one last thing oomis…personally i think it would be preferable if the search is done in front of other students, because in today’s day and age, (and i am not saying this to be perverted) a kid and 2 adults in an office alone can lead to problems (ie. lawsuits, accusations…etc) i know of a rebbi who was fired for having a kid sit on his lap…in fact we are told in summer camp that if any camper sits on the lap of any staff member that staff member must get up. is there anything wrong with sitting on a rebbi’s lap? no. but in today’s world we must be ever so careful about maaras ayin.