Thanks to a grant of over $11,000 from the state of Arkansas, the Mountain Home School District is purchasing storage cases for each classroom in the high school and junior high for students to put their cellphones in when they come to class. This will be the second year the district has not allowed phones in the classroom. This year, the ban on electronics will also include earbuds and headphones.
Superintendent Allyson Dewey says the grant came about after Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva met with a group of school leaders.
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Mountain Home High School Assistant Principal Steve Morris says they started cellphone-free classrooms last year.
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Morris explains what will happen when students walk into class.
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The cases will be locked and in the event of an emergency, the teacher will be able to grab the case on the way out of the room and carry it with them.
Morris says violators of the rules will face escalating penalties.
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Click here for a copy of the policy from the handbook.
The assistant principal says the possibility of the Mountain Home high school and junior high campuses becoming cellphone-free is something that could happen in the future.
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Morris says for parents that need to reach a student during the day at the high school or junior high, they are encouraged to call the office and they can get a message to a student.
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