MSHS Cell Phone Policy

You are welcome to call the main office at 719-685-2074. Our office team can deliver a message to your student. You are also welcome to send an email to your student during school hours. 

You are welcome to call the main office at 719-685-2074. Our office team can deliver a message to your student. You are also welcome to still text them knowing they will get the message during passing periods, lunch or before/after school.

You are welcome to call the main office at 719-685,2074. Our office team can deliver a message (depending on the sensitivity of the message). We also have a phone in the office that your student can call you from. 

Students with a documented need to have their phone on them from a licensed professional will be permitted to have it. 

Students with a documented need to have their phone on them from a licensed professional will be permitted to have it. A student who has a health plan on file with the school nurse or 504 plan stating that a cell phone is used to monitor a diagnosed health need is a legitimate reason for a student to have their phone on them at all times. Please consult with our school nurse and/or 504 coordinator if your student falls into this category. The nurse and/or 504 coordinator will make sure all appropriate staff are aware of the documented need. Students who have this accommodation and use their cell phone for any other purpose will follow a similar progressive disciplinary plan. 

During passing periods, lunch, and before/after school.

If a student has a cell phone/personal electronic device during class times:

1st Offense - Administrative warning and parent notification is made by office staff.

2nd Offense - Phone is collected by the office. Student can pick up their phone in the office after 3:20pm and parent notification is made by office staff.

3rd Offense - Phone is collected by the office. Lunch detention (1 day) for repeated disobedience. Student can pick up their phone in the office after 3:20 pm and parent notification is made by office staff.

4th Offense - Phone is collected by the office. After school detention (1 day) for repeated disobedience. Student can pick up their phone in the office after 3:20 pm and parent notification is made by office staff.

5th Offense - Phone is collected by the office. After school detention (2 days) for repeated disobedience. Parent/guardian must pick up the phone in the office and parent notification is made by office staff.

6th+ Offense - Phone is collected by the office. Progressive discipline will apply. Parent, student, and administrator meeting for repeated policy infractions to determine next steps. Parent/guardian must pick up the phone in the office and parent notification is made by office staff.

*Any cell phone usage that is determined to have taken place during class times that violates the policy, even after the fact, will be enforced by the progressive discipline model.

Parents can send another adult, 18 years or older, to pick up the phone from the main office. The phone will not be given back to the student on the 5th+ time for the same infraction. (See progressive discipline model)

Students are responsible for what belongs to them. The student who used the cell phone and the student whose cell phone was used would both be in violation of the cell phone policy and be subject to the progressive discipline model.

Cell phone/personal electronic device usage includes: using/viewing a cell phone, headphones in/or a student’s ear(s), utilizing a smartwatch as a cell phone, etc. It is important that students understand not to put themselves in the position of a staff member suspecting them of using/viewing their phone/personal electronic device. It is one thing for a student to accidentally have it fall out of their bag or locker, pick it up, and place it back in the bag, which differs from a student who appears to be or is actually using it, who will in turn be addressed by administration in accordance with this policy.

Manitou Springs School District 14 is not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged personal devices brought to school. Students who request a locker are issued lockers at the beginning of each school year. Please stress with your student the importance of not giving the combination to other people in order to keep their personal belongings safe.

Cell phones, smartwatches being used as cell phones, airpods/headphones, any device that can act like a cell phone with text and online features.

Students are provided with all resources that they need to complete their schoolwork.