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:
https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-public-schools-will-soon-be-required-to-ban-phones-during-school-day-governor-janet-mills

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

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."

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/dallas-isd-calendar-school-library-book-checkout-report-texas-cellphone-ban/

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

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

https://newsletter.tf/mark-calcavecchia-escorted-augusta-national-cell-phone/

A former golf champion was removed from Augusta National this week for using a cell phone. This shows the club's strict rules apply to everyone, even famous players.

#AugustaNational, #MastersTournament, #GolfRules, #MarkCalcavecchia, #CellPhoneBan
https://newsletter.tf/mark-calcavecchia-escorted-augusta-national-cell-phone/

On the bright side:

Texas cellphone ban is leading Dallas kids back to the library 📚 📵

Dallas ISD reports a notable increase in book checkouts across schools.

@dallasnews

🆓🔗 https://archive.ph/YJv1N

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2026/03/16/texas-cellphone-ban-is-leading-dallas-kids-back-to-the-library/

#Library #CellphoneBan #JonathanHaight #Dallas #Millennials #GenZ