Go to the school and present them with a bill for the phone, the unused portion of the service plan (how many months left until your next renewal?), and the plan cancellation fee (after all, to get a new cell phone for your daughter, you'll probably have to cancel the current plan, right?).
Tell them very calmly you will leave the office with one of the following: 1) A check for payment in full for the equipment, service costs and cancellation fee 2) the Phone equipment Enjoy getting your phone back. :-) On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My daughter started public school in January and got her cell phone > taken away last week for texting in class. I am not really ok with > that, but I can see their point. Where they lose me is that they > refuse to release the phone to me either. That's my phone, not her > phone, and I am paying for cell phone service so I can keep track of > my errant 15-yo. WTF. > > The principal is saying that they have a policy and that makes it ok. > > Methinks not. You do not just take people's property. You can restrict > their use on campus sure. But take the cell phone away? Just take it? > Not. > > If I am the first person to object to this then I *really worry about > public life in America. > > Dana > > > -- > Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices > calling for change - Barack Obama > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254830 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
