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  1. I don't quite get #JanetMills. She vetoed the #DatacenterMoratorium, but passes a #CellPhoneBan in schools. 🤷🏼 I want to say, "Good for her," but...

    #Maine public schools will soon be required to #BanPhones during school day

    by Max Williams, WGME
    Mon, April 13, 2026 at 8:48 PM
    Updated Thu, April 16, 2026

    PORTLAND (WGME) -- "By August 1, all Maine public schools will be required to ban phones for the entire school day.

    " 'It's a distraction, and they are there to learn,' phone ban supporter Dan Melnick said.

    "Signed into law as part of Governor Janet Mills' supplemental budget, it will allocate more than $300,000 to implement. The new policy is a '#BellToBell' policy, meaning phones are allowed on school property but cannot be used at any point during the school day."

    [...]

    "Experts say too much screen time has been linked to depression and, in some cases, suicide.

    " 'It is very dangerous, because we're talking about people whose brains are not fully developed, and as it develops, it's creating certain neurocircuitry that is hard to undo,' Northern Light Acadia Hospital Medical Director of Pediatric Inpatient Services Dr. Nadia Mendiola said."

    Read more:
    wgme.com/news/local/maine-publ

    #MainePol #CellPhoneBans #PutThePhoneDown #SmartPhoneAddiction #TooMuchScreenTime #TeenMentalHealth #LetKidsBeKids

  2. I don't quite get #JanetMills. She vetoed the #DatacenterMoratorium, but passes a #CellPhoneBan in schools. 🤷🏼 I want to say, "Good for her," but...

    #Maine public schools will soon be required to #BanPhones during school day

    by Max Williams, WGME
    Mon, April 13, 2026 at 8:48 PM
    Updated Thu, April 16, 2026

    PORTLAND (WGME) -- "By August 1, all Maine public schools will be required to ban phones for the entire school day.

    " 'It's a distraction, and they are there to learn,' phone ban supporter Dan Melnick said.

    "Signed into law as part of Governor Janet Mills' supplemental budget, it will allocate more than $300,000 to implement. The new policy is a '#BellToBell' policy, meaning phones are allowed on school property but cannot be used at any point during the school day."

    [...]

    "Experts say too much screen time has been linked to depression and, in some cases, suicide.

    " 'It is very dangerous, because we're talking about people whose brains are not fully developed, and as it develops, it's creating certain neurocircuitry that is hard to undo,' Northern Light Acadia Hospital Medical Director of Pediatric Inpatient Services Dr. Nadia Mendiola said."

    Read more:
    wgme.com/news/local/maine-publ

    #MainePol #CellPhoneBans #PutThePhoneDown #SmartPhoneAddiction #TooMuchScreenTime #TeenMentalHealth #LetKidsBeKids

  3. I don't quite get #JanetMills. She vetoed the #DatacenterMoratorium, but passes a #CellPhoneBan in schools. 🤷🏼 I want to say, "Good for her," but...

    #Maine public schools will soon be required to #BanPhones during school day

    by Max Williams, WGME
    Mon, April 13, 2026 at 8:48 PM
    Updated Thu, April 16, 2026

    PORTLAND (WGME) -- "By August 1, all Maine public schools will be required to ban phones for the entire school day.

    " 'It's a distraction, and they are there to learn,' phone ban supporter Dan Melnick said.

    "Signed into law as part of Governor Janet Mills' supplemental budget, it will allocate more than $300,000 to implement. The new policy is a '#BellToBell' policy, meaning phones are allowed on school property but cannot be used at any point during the school day."

    [...]

    "Experts say too much screen time has been linked to depression and, in some cases, suicide.

    " 'It is very dangerous, because we're talking about people whose brains are not fully developed, and as it develops, it's creating certain neurocircuitry that is hard to undo,' Northern Light Acadia Hospital Medical Director of Pediatric Inpatient Services Dr. Nadia Mendiola said."

    Read more:
    wgme.com/news/local/maine-publ

    #MainePol #CellPhoneBans #PutThePhoneDown #SmartPhoneAddiction #TooMuchScreenTime #TeenMentalHealth #LetKidsBeKids

  4. I don't quite get #JanetMills. She vetoed the #DatacenterMoratorium, but passes a #CellPhoneBan in schools. 🤷🏼 I want to say, "Good for her," but...

    #Maine public schools will soon be required to #BanPhones during school day

    by Max Williams, WGME
    Mon, April 13, 2026 at 8:48 PM
    Updated Thu, April 16, 2026

    PORTLAND (WGME) -- "By August 1, all Maine public schools will be required to ban phones for the entire school day.

    " 'It's a distraction, and they are there to learn,' phone ban supporter Dan Melnick said.

    "Signed into law as part of Governor Janet Mills' supplemental budget, it will allocate more than $300,000 to implement. The new policy is a '#BellToBell' policy, meaning phones are allowed on school property but cannot be used at any point during the school day."

    [...]

    "Experts say too much screen time has been linked to depression and, in some cases, suicide.

    " 'It is very dangerous, because we're talking about people whose brains are not fully developed, and as it develops, it's creating certain neurocircuitry that is hard to undo,' Northern Light Acadia Hospital Medical Director of Pediatric Inpatient Services Dr. Nadia Mendiola said."

    Read more:
    wgme.com/news/local/maine-publ

    #MainePol #CellPhoneBans #PutThePhoneDown #SmartPhoneAddiction #TooMuchScreenTime #TeenMentalHealth #LetKidsBeKids

  5. I don't quite get #JanetMills. She vetoed the #DatacenterMoratorium, but passes a #CellPhoneBan in schools. 🤷🏼 I want to say, "Good for her," but...

    #Maine public schools will soon be required to #BanPhones during school day

    by Max Williams, WGME
    Mon, April 13, 2026 at 8:48 PM
    Updated Thu, April 16, 2026

    PORTLAND (WGME) -- "By August 1, all Maine public schools will be required to ban phones for the entire school day.

    " 'It's a distraction, and they are there to learn,' phone ban supporter Dan Melnick said.

    "Signed into law as part of Governor Janet Mills' supplemental budget, it will allocate more than $300,000 to implement. The new policy is a '#BellToBell' policy, meaning phones are allowed on school property but cannot be used at any point during the school day."

    [...]

    "Experts say too much screen time has been linked to depression and, in some cases, suicide.

    " 'It is very dangerous, because we're talking about people whose brains are not fully developed, and as it develops, it's creating certain neurocircuitry that is hard to undo,' Northern Light Acadia Hospital Medical Director of Pediatric Inpatient Services Dr. Nadia Mendiola said."

    Read more:
    wgme.com/news/local/maine-publ

    #MainePol #CellPhoneBans #PutThePhoneDown #SmartPhoneAddiction #TooMuchScreenTime #TeenMentalHealth #LetKidsBeKids

  6. Students swap screens for stories. Dallas ISD book checkouts soar amid state's first cellphone ban for public schools 📚 🔕 📱

    "I started hearing, 'Oh, I'm so bored. I can't get on my phone after I do my work or during lunchtime,'" Hillcrest High School librarian Nina Canales said. "Once they lock into these stories, they don't seem to care about their phones at all."

    cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-

    #HillcrestHighSchool #Dallas #CellPhoneBan #Library #Bookstodon #CBSDFW #LaceyBeasley #NinaCanales

  7. Students swap screens for stories. Dallas ISD book checkouts soar amid state's first cellphone ban for public schools 📚 🔕 📱

    "I started hearing, 'Oh, I'm so bored. I can't get on my phone after I do my work or during lunchtime,'" Hillcrest High School librarian Nina Canales said. "Once they lock into these stories, they don't seem to care about their phones at all."

    cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-

    #HillcrestHighSchool #Dallas #CellPhoneBan #Library #Bookstodon #CBSDFW #LaceyBeasley #NinaCanales

  8. Students swap screens for stories. Dallas ISD book checkouts soar amid state's first cellphone ban for public schools 📚 🔕 📱

    "I started hearing, 'Oh, I'm so bored. I can't get on my phone after I do my work or during lunchtime,'" Hillcrest High School librarian Nina Canales said. "Once they lock into these stories, they don't seem to care about their phones at all."

    cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-

    #HillcrestHighSchool #Dallas #CellPhoneBan #Library #Bookstodon #CBSDFW #LaceyBeasley #NinaCanales

  9. Students swap screens for stories. Dallas ISD book checkouts soar amid state's first cellphone ban for public schools 📚 🔕 📱

    "I started hearing, 'Oh, I'm so bored. I can't get on my phone after I do my work or during lunchtime,'" Hillcrest High School librarian Nina Canales said. "Once they lock into these stories, they don't seem to care about their phones at all."

    cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-

    #HillcrestHighSchool #Dallas #CellPhoneBan #Library #Bookstodon #CBSDFW #LaceyBeasley #NinaCanales

  10. Students swap screens for stories. Dallas ISD book checkouts soar amid state's first cellphone ban for public schools 📚 🔕 📱

    "I started hearing, 'Oh, I'm so bored. I can't get on my phone after I do my work or during lunchtime,'" Hillcrest High School librarian Nina Canales said. "Once they lock into these stories, they don't seem to care about their phones at all."

    cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-

    #HillcrestHighSchool #Dallas #CellPhoneBan #Library #Bookstodon #CBSDFW #LaceyBeasley #NinaCanales

  11. FORMER MAJOR WINNER ESCORTED FROM AUGUSTA NATIONAL OVER CELL PHONE VIOLATION

    Mark Calcavecchia, 1989 Open champion, was escorted from Augusta National on Tuesday for breaking the club's strict cell phone ban. This highlights the club's commitment to tradition.

    #AugustaNational, #MastersTournament, #GolfRules, #MarkCalcavecchia, #CellPhoneBan

    newsletter.tf/mark-calcavecchi

  12. Schools crack down on students’ cellphone use with new bans

    By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Friday, August 15, 2025Students on their phones. | Getty Images As students…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mobile #cellphoneban #Education #instagram #publicschools #Snapchat #Technology
    newsbeep.com/us/89212/

  13. Schools crack down on students’ cellphone use with new bans

    By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Friday, August 15, 2025Students on their phones. | Getty Images As students…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mobile #cellphoneban #Education #instagram #publicschools #Snapchat #Technology
    newsbeep.com/us/89212/

  14. theolympian.com/news/local/art

    Interesting to see this early assessment of the cell phone restrictions in Lacey Wa area schools.

  15. "Engagement had plummeted, grades were declining and, because Adam was constantly policing students’ phone use, his bond with them was fraying." —Luc Rinaldi for MacLean's

    macleans.ca/society/schools-vs

    #Longreads #EditorsPicks #Schools #CellPhoneBan #Canada

  16. "Engagement had plummeted, grades were declining and, because Adam was constantly policing students’ phone use, his bond with them was fraying." —Luc Rinaldi for MacLean's

    macleans.ca/society/schools-vs

    #Longreads #EditorsPicks #Schools #CellPhoneBan #Canada

  17. "Engagement had plummeted, grades were declining and, because Adam was constantly policing students’ phone use, his bond with them was fraying." —Luc Rinaldi for MacLean's

    macleans.ca/society/schools-vs

    #Longreads #EditorsPicks #Schools #CellPhoneBan #Canada

  18. "Engagement had plummeted, grades were declining and, because Adam was constantly policing students’ phone use, his bond with them was fraying." —Luc Rinaldi for MacLean's

    macleans.ca/society/schools-vs

    #Longreads #EditorsPicks #Schools #CellPhoneBan #Canada

  19. "Engagement had plummeted, grades were declining and, because Adam was constantly policing students’ phone use, his bond with them was fraying." —Luc Rinaldi for MacLean's

    macleans.ca/society/schools-vs

    #Longreads #EditorsPicks #Schools #CellPhoneBan #Canada

  20. I just realized that Doug Ford's student cell phone ban interferes with a child's ability to know their rights and make complaints with school boards, the ombudsman and the Information and Privacy Commissioner. This is another barrier for victims of abuse to seek relief, justice and accountability.

    #onted #onpoli #cellphoneban #phoneban #PPM128