SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane Public Schools (SPS) voted in favor of installing vape sensors in the school bathrooms in the fall during Wednesday night's board meeting.
According to the school board’s agenda, with the increase in vaping by students, this recommendation provides for the purchase of vaping sensors to be installed in all secondary schools throughout the district.
The sensors will sense any vape detected in the bathrooms. An email and text alert will then go out to staff to check the situation. The sensors are also said to link with the school district’s camera system.
A study by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) showed that 2.06 million high school students and 470,000 middle school students report repeated use of tobacco products. Repeated use means a product has been consistently used for more than a month.
For more details, visit the Spokane Public Schools website.
This is a developing story and will be updated when more information become available.
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