Mountain Home High School

Mountain Home High School

2024 - 2025 Important Handbook Changes: Cell Phones & Earbuds

1. Cell Phones:

   • Cell Phones are prohibited during class time

   • Students are encouraged to turn in their personal cell phones at the beginning of each class to the teacher to be held until the end of class.  

   • Should a student choose to maintain possession of their cell phone, and have the phone out during class time, the disciplinary action is as follows:

     1. 1st Offense: 1 Day Lunch Detention (Student’s phone will be placed in a Magnetic Pouch for the remainder of the day and unlocked at 3:10 PM) The student maintains possession of his / her phone while in the pouch.

     2. 2nd Offense: 1 Day In School Suspension + The next day in the Magnetic Pouch which will be locked at 8:00 AM and unlocked at the end of the school day.

     3. 3rd Offense: 3 Days In-School Suspension + The next 3 days in the Magnetic Pouch which will be locked at 8:00 AM and unlocked at the end of the school day.

     4. 4th Offense: 5 Days ISS + 5 days in the Magnetic Pouch

     5. 5th Offense: Out of School Suspension with days in the Magnetic Pouch upon the student’s return to school

   • Phones are NOT to be out in the hallway during class time.  

   • Phone use is permissible:

     • Before School

     • Transition time between classes

     • Lunch

     • After School

2. Earbuds / Headphones:

   1. Earbuds / Headphones are NOT allowed in MHHS at any time during the school day.

   2. Violations of this policy will be referred to the MHHS Handbook for Electronic Device violations