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I learned today that some people attended schools where this was normal. The schools I went to only had phones in the office and the teachers lounge. What was your experience?

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[โ€“] monovergent@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We did. I only saw it get used once or twice a year, usually to take a call from the front office or the school nurse. There was some internal numbering scheme and a certain prefix for calls to outside numbers.

The announcements also went through the same kind of phone used in the classrooms. Source: was appointed as the announcer for a year.

Addendum: If it wasn't a private matter, the front office just paged the intercom speaker of the recipient classroom. The teacher would yell back into the speaker and it was a good day if one of us students were allowed to reply instead.