Park City School District

Park City School District to host cellphone community conversation

KPCW | By Kristine Weller

Published May 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM MDT

A sign is shown over a phone holder in a classroom at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. At the rural Utah school, there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. Each classroom has a cellphone storage unit that looks like an over-the-door shoe bag with three dozen smartphone-sized slots.

The Park City School District will host a community conversation and panel discussion on a proposed cellphone policy for the high school Monday.

The district’s board of education adopted a no-cellphone policy last year, but has allowed each school to draft campus-specific policies.

Both Ecker Hill Middle School and Treasure Mountain Junior High adopted rules that require students to keep phones in their backpacks or locked pouches.

Park City High School didn’t draft a policy, instead leaving it up to each teacher. Now, the district is working to establish a uniform policy at the high school and wants community feedback.

The community event is Monday, May 19 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Blair Education Center. The Mountain Mediation Center will facilitate the conversation.

A panel including Superintendent Lyndsay Huntsman, incoming Park City High Principal Caleb Fine and incoming Ecker Hill Principal Isaiah Folau will participate in the discussion.