The Current: Parents support school phone bans, poll finds

📵 Around 69% of Virginia voters with kids in K-12 schools support banning cellphones in public schools, according to a recent Washington Post-Schar School poll. (Washington Post)

• Parents with kids in school support the ban at a slightly higher rate than all registered voters, per the poll.
• Richmond and Tidewater residents were less likely to support a ban than voters in other parts of the state.

🗳️ Hanover County expects to have at least 40,000 in-person early voters, up from 34,000 in 2020, its registrar told the board of supervisors. (VPM)

💉 Officials have closed Chincoteague Island beaches after medical waste like syringes and needles washed ashore along 50 miles of the coast from Delaware to Virginia. (The New York Times)