DoomsdaysCWI don't quite get #JanetMills. She vetoed the #DatacenterMoratorium, but passes a #CellPhoneBan in schools. ๐คท๐ผ 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."
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"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."
#MainePol #CellPhoneBans #PutThePhoneDown #SmartPhoneAddiction #TooMuchScreenTime #TeenMentalHealth #LetKidsBeKids
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