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Showing posts with label vaping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vaping. Show all posts
Saturday, September 7, 2024
High Schools Will Install Vape Detectors
Thursday, May 2, 2024
'Rampant' drug use raises concern at Kennedy High School in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A ninth-grade English teacher at Kennedy High School in Glenmont said what's happening at the school is also happening at other public schools in Montgomery County.
At an April 11 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education hearing David Gebler told school board members the halls at Kennedy "reek of marijuana."
"Usually drug use occurs in our bathrooms but vaping directly in the halls is becoming popular, and make no mistake, the ever-rising opioid epidemic is in our buildings," he testified.
Gebler described the drug use at Kennedy as "daily, rampant, and repeated."..
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
MCPS considers adding vape, weapons detection systems, plus mandatory IDs to improve school safety
In the letter sent April 2, Felder reaffirms the district’s commitment to safety and discipline in schools and aims to address mounting worries regarding student behavior that have been “in the forefront of community discussions, among student and staff and, lately in the news.”
“Comprehensive methods … can foster higher levels of safety and minimize incidents that violate the Student Code of Conduct,” Felder wrote...
Thursday, May 4, 2023
MCPS pilots vape detectors in six high schools’ bathrooms
There are three separate detection systems, designed to alert staff via text or email when they identify smoke or vape fumes...
MCPS pilots vape detectors in six high schools’ bathrooms, including RM – The Tide (thermtide.com)
Friday, April 14, 2023
Vape detectors being installed at some Montgomery County high schools
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. - Vape detectors will be installed at a select number of high schools in Montgomery County in the coming weeks.
Montgomery County Public Schools announced the new safety initiative Wednesday in an effort to prevent students from smoking and congregating in school bathrooms.
The school district says the detectors will help identify any instances of vaping or smoking in the bathrooms, and allow administrators to take appropriate action.
In addition to the added devices, MCPS says it will pilot another program that involves high school students wearing badges as a way to identify themselves on campus...
Vape detectors being installed at some Montgomery County high schools (fox5dc.com)
Friday, February 3, 2023
Teenagers Unwittingly Take Fentanyl, Leading to Spikes in Teen Overdoses Across the County
“If my friend who smokes more than I do refers me to a dealer, I won’t question it,” said an anonymous B-CC student.
“Every time I walk into a bathroom, someone is hitting a vape,” said Junior Cassidy Carroll, adding, “usually there are big groups of girls in the stalls smoking.”
While vaping may seem harmless, the skyrocketing cases of fatal overdoses amongst teens in Montgomery County are anything but. However, the ubiquity and subsequent normalization of this phenomenon are reflected in the now common term: “bathroom culture.”
The use of substances is not surprising to most students, as the “bathroom culture” is flooded with vape products full of nicotine or marijuana. B-CC student, Jack Brossi, said “It smells like weed a lot of the time [in the bathroom].” This being the normal environment for most students, some feel forced to succumb to peer pressure or simply avoid the bathroom altogether.
B-CC has struggled to curtail this trend, closing bathrooms entirely...
Monday, March 2, 2020
Vaping THC caused one Montgomery Blair H.S. student to fall unresponsive, and a second to become ill Monday morning.
STORY: Vaping THC caused one Montgomery Blair H.S. student to fall unresponsive, and a second to become ill Monday morning.— Kevin Lewis (@ABC7Kevin) March 3, 2020
"Please note that we will issue consequences for students caught vaping or juuling on school property." - school letter to parentshttps://t.co/JfRcMQehuc
Friday, September 13, 2019
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Today at County Council: Vaping in Schools
Vaping in Schools
The E&C Committee and HHS Committee will meet jointly to hear from representatives from the County’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) on vaping in schools. The purpose of the discussion is because of the rise in the number of young people who are using e-cigarettes, vaping devices or electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). Many of these devices are hard to detect as they tend to look like computer thumb drives (USB), pen, or an item that students would commonly and appropriately carry. Those expected to attend include Dr. Travis Gayles, County health officer and chief of Public Health Services, DHHS; Dr. Jonathan T. Brice [Note Brice is busy looking for a job in other communities.], associate superintendent, Office of Student and Family Support and Engagement, MCPS; and Dr. Cara Grant, supervisor, pre-K – 12 Health and Physical Education, MCPS.
The E&C Committee and HHS Committee will meet jointly to hear from representatives from the County’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) on vaping in schools. The purpose of the discussion is because of the rise in the number of young people who are using e-cigarettes, vaping devices or electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS). Many of these devices are hard to detect as they tend to look like computer thumb drives (USB), pen, or an item that students would commonly and appropriately carry. Those expected to attend include Dr. Travis Gayles, County health officer and chief of Public Health Services, DHHS; Dr. Jonathan T. Brice [Note Brice is busy looking for a job in other communities.], associate superintendent, Office of Student and Family Support and Engagement, MCPS; and Dr. Cara Grant, supervisor, pre-K – 12 Health and Physical Education, MCPS.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Kevin Lewis @ABC7Kevin EXCLUSIVE: Magruder High School student collapses 40 seconds after vaping in a school hallway.
EXCLUSIVE: Magruder High School student collapses 40 seconds after vaping in a school hallway.— Kevin Lewis (@ABC7Kevin) January 3, 2019
The 15yo boy broke his nose and a front tooth during the Nov. 13 incident.
In this video, school security use surveillance footage to provide the boy’s mother with a play-by-play. pic.twitter.com/6iGXzU7d4V
MORE: The boy's mother demanded police test the vape to determine what it contained. Now nearly three months later, she is still waiting for the lab results.— Kevin Lewis (@ABC7Kevin) January 4, 2019
"What did my son consume? I want to know," she told me. "Sweeping it under the carpet and ignoring it is not the answer." pic.twitter.com/GMOldynYua
MORE: This blurred photo shows the boy's swollen nose and chipped front tooth.— Kevin Lewis (@ABC7Kevin) January 4, 2019
In a thread of emails, Magruder's school resource officer told the boy's mother: "This is not a MCPS matter at this point."
Mom strongly disagrees.
Note: I've redacted the student/mother's names. pic.twitter.com/L5hbkyDMFZ
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Is Vaping an Epidemic in MCPS?
Vaping by U.S. teenagers has reached epidemic levels, threatening to hook a new generation of young people on nicotine.
That's according to an unusual advisory issued Tuesday by U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams about the the dangers of electronic cigarette use among U.S. teenagers.
"I am officially declaring e-cigarette use among youth an epidemic in the United States," Adams said at a news conference. "Now is the time to take action. We need to protect our young people from all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes."..
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