Fifteen-year-old Ava Coates of Livermore Falls, a sophomore at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay uses her phone Wednesday as she waits for her mother to pick her up after cross-country practice. Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal

Spruce Mountain High School sophomore Ava Coates, 15, of Livermore Falls waits for her ride home Wednesday from cross-country practice in Jay. Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal