Dodge City adds cell-phone rules to school handbooks

What happened

Dodge City added its adopted cell-phone policy to elementary, secondary, and early-learning handbooks for the 2026-27 school year.

Why it matters to families

The new rules affect when students can bring or use phones and how schools will store them during the day.

The evidence

In the June 22 official board recording, district staff say the policy had been adopted and describe adding it to the handbooks. They say schools will work out phone storage and ask families to keep phones at home when possible.

The source