Another district bans cellphones as Healey announces $1 million in phone-free school grants

Massachusetts Governor Healey announced $1 million in grants to help schools implement phone-free policies, as another district moves to ban cellphones.
“Cell phones and social media have fundamentally changed the environment our kids are growing up in, and schools and families need the tools to respond."
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