Have you seen the chrome book charger thieves of Timberlane? Recently at our school many teachers have been having a big problem with students asking to borrow a chromebook charger, then not returning them. This has always been a problem, but recently it’s gone farther. The tech office, libraries, and classroom teachers have been bombarded with students begging to borrow chargers.
Classrooms are supplied with one extra chromebook charger for students to use if their chromebook is dead. The problem is that students then either accidentally or purposely leave with the charger and now the classroom no longer has one. This can be very stressful for teachers because the teacher has to get a new one, or send the student to the tech office to get a loan. The tech offices are now getting bothered by this because they have multiple students every day going in asking for one. “We give teachers chargers so they can provide them to students. But now those chargers are getting stolen and in return at least 6 students a day are coming into the tech office asking for chargers from us.”
There can be an easy end to this if students show better responsibility with their own chargers or charge their chromebooks at home. Many teachers know how unlikely this is so they have found new ways to keep track of their chargers. Some teachers have made it so you have to ask and they have taken control of who is using them and at what times. Other teachers have made sign out sheets for their chargers to keep track of who is using them. Mr. Woodworth has even gone to the extent of keeping his chargers locked up in the old cell phone lockers and making students grab the key and keep it on them to remind them they are currently borrowing one. “Throughout the school year, I have had four chargers stolen. Students need a reminder to return them.”
Hopefully students will start to realize this issue and how it is affecting staff members. Students need to do a better job at keeping track of their things. We are in high school, we need to prioritize responsibility and not resort to stealing other people’s property. As long as students do their part and teachers continue to enforce this issue, it should start to slow down.
