Muncie Community Schools to require high school students to secure cell phones in lockers during school day

Chuck Reynolds, Director of Public Education and CEO of Muncie Community Schools, welcomed families to the new school year and announced a change for high school students’ cellphone use. "They will now follow the same policy of our middle school students where cell phones should be off and secured in their locker during the school day," Reynolds said, noting the change follows "an important new law" recently passed in Indiana. He did not specify the statute or provide a citation in this message.

Reynolds said elementary students should not have electronic devices during the school day and that middle schools have already adopted the locker policy; the high school requirement will align the upper grades with that approach. He did not describe enforcement procedures, disciplinary steps, or an implementation timeline in the video. Families who need to reach a student during school hours were told to contact the school's main office, which will facilitate communication. The district also said it will send its first quarterly newsletter on Wednesday with additional information and links for families.