Vaping in class?

[Anonymous]

Look, private or public, there are kids as young as 7th grade in private/6th in public doing this. It is pretty rampant by grades 9-10 despite what your kids are telling you. I hate to break it to private school parents, but your kids aren't immune from these things. All kids with a smart phone know so much more than you can even imagine. And those who don't have one yet, hear/see about on their friend's phones. Also any kids with older sibs/cousins know about it. They also know about pot and drinking and many of them have at minimum tried it. Our high schooler switched from public to private this year and based on discussions, the private school kids lag about a year behind public so from our family's experiences, plenty of 8/9 graders have already vaped and have moved onto drinking and pot.

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Anonymous wrote:For folks who don't think kids are vaping in class at your school. You don't understand how vapes work.
The "smoke" is odorless. If a teacher turns to the blackboard, or looks down at a book or computer, - - even if there is just one kid in the room - kids will vape. Vaping in class has become a competition.

But if your kids are not vaping in class, they probably also are not texting in class either, so you have nothing to worry about.

Sorry your kid is in a school that has this problem. Kids don't vape at DS's high school. I posted earlier. It was a problem last year, but they REALLY cracked down and it isn't an issue on campus anymore. You will see them off campus doing it or in the parking lot, but not in the bathrooms or in class. And yes, my DS does text while in class.

You lose all credibility when you claim to know things that you can’t know.

I know because my son told me. Why would he make that up?

I’m not saying that he is making things up. I’m saying that although he, and you, may think that there is no vaping going on, there may very well be vaping going on. “Kids don’t vape at DS’s high school” is a really naive statement.

Well of course there is no way to know for sure, but I can tell you there is not a problem anymore to the degree of what was happening a year ago. My son has not witnessed any vaping in his school this year, period. In other words, the school staff dealt with it, which is more than what seems to be happening at our public schools and some privates. If the problem is rampant at these schools, why aren't there serious consequences? And I'm not talking about a simple detention. I'm talking about suspension or even expulsion for repeat offenders. That would get them thinking before they break out their device next time.

You are clueless. Like shockingly so. Name your school if you are so convinced.

I am not the poster you are replying to but I agree. There’s no way kids are doing this during the day at least not in middle school. The kids would tell that sort of thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look, private or public, there are kids as young as 7th grade in private/6th in public doing this. It is pretty rampant by grades 9-10 despite what your kids are telling you. I hate to break it to private school parents, but your kids aren't immune from these things. All kids with a smart phone know so much more than you can even imagine. And those who don't have one yet, hear/see about on their friend's phones. Also any kids with older sibs/cousins know about it. They also know about pot and drinking and many of them have at minimum tried it. Our high schooler switched from public to private this year and based on discussions, the private school kids lag about a year behind public so from our family's experiences, plenty of 8/9 graders have already vaped and have moved onto drinking and pot.

You are a bit cynical. All kids don’t do this. I was always in the popular crowd and I never did drugs. I drink here and there but that was it. All kids are not going to do drugs. Maybe your kid is doing drugs or maybe he is in a faster crowd but don’t assume everyone else’s kid is doing it. I know many kids in high school that are pretty straight. The are very focused on athletics and for them they don’t want to party like some of the other kids.

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Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school and or grade? I have not seen this in middle school or heard about it in middle school at our all boys school. I may be naïve but I cannot see kids in middle school doing this.

As far as I know there are only three all boys high schools that have a middle school too- St Albans, Landon and St Anslems. I know boys in middle school at St Albans and Landon are vaping/juling - because I have a DD that age and she knows boys at both schools who do. It was happening at dances she attended. I do not know about St Anselm's.

I was one of the posters saying I cannot believe this because my son does not tell on other kids. However, now that I’m thinking about it I could imagine three or four boys in seventh grade at one of the schools you mentioned doing this. It’s the same three or four that I repeatedly hear are involved in negative situations.

Well, PP, there are at least 3 or 4 boys doing it at both of the schools I mentioned.

What grade? I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around this.

A few in 7th, more in 8th, and tons in high school. And to PP above yes, my kid knows these kids. Has known them her whole life. She can name who is vaping at dances. Its not a secret from anyone but those with clueless or uninvolved parents. Kids talk you just have to listen.

[Anonymous]

Vaping is totally a thing for both MS and HS, public and private school. My son's 9th grade friend was suspended for vaping in the HS bathroom. My son tells me that there is herbal vaping, or low nicotine or high nicotine vaping, but I haven't researched this for myself. He tellse me he has tried it and I am not coming down hard on him because I don't want him to stop telling me things, or lying (unfortuantely like what is happening with our other son). Like the other posters, don' t fool yourself that this is not happening at your kids' school -- of course, your kid may or may not be doing it.

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Just read it can cause pneumonia and is not safe for anyone especially kids with any type of breathing issues.

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Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school and or grade? I have not seen this in middle school or heard about it in middle school at our all boys school. I may be naïve but I cannot see kids in middle school doing this.

As far as I know there are only three all boys high schools that have a middle school too- St Albans, Landon and St Anslems. I know boys in middle school at St Albans and Landon are vaping/juling - because I have a DD that age and she knows boys at both schools who do. It was happening at dances she attended. I do not know about St Anselm's.

I was one of the posters saying I cannot believe this because my son does not tell on other kids. However, now that I’m thinking about it I could imagine three or four boys in seventh grade at one of the schools you mentioned doing this. It’s the same three or four that I repeatedly hear are involved in negative situations.

Well, PP, there are at least 3 or 4 boys doing it at both of the schools I mentioned.

What grade? I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around this.

A few in 7th, more in 8th, and tons in high school. And to PP above yes, my kid knows these kids. Has known them her whole life. She can name who is vaping at dances. Its not a secret from anyone but those with clueless or uninvolved parents. Kids talk you just have to listen.

Have not heard of this in 7th at STA.

[Anonymous]

It's incredibly easy to hide the devices and the better ones are made so there's no weed smell.

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Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school and or grade? I have not seen this in middle school or heard about it in middle school at our all boys school. I may be naïve but I cannot see kids in middle school doing this.

As far as I know there are only three all boys high schools that have a middle school too- St Albans, Landon and St Anslems. I know boys in middle school at St Albans and Landon are vaping/juling - because I have a DD that age and she knows boys at both schools who do. It was happening at dances she attended. I do not know about St Anselm's.

I was one of the posters saying I cannot believe this because my son does not tell on other kids. However, now that I’m thinking about it I could imagine three or four boys in seventh grade at one of the schools you mentioned doing this. It’s the same three or four that I repeatedly hear are involved in negative situations.

Well, PP, there are at least 3 or 4 boys doing it at both of the schools I mentioned.

What grade? I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around this.

A few in 7th, more in 8th, and tons in high school. And to PP above yes, my kid knows these kids. Has known them her whole life. She can name who is vaping at dances. Its not a secret from anyone but those with clueless or uninvolved parents. Kids talk you just have to listen.

Have not heard of this in 7th at STA.

Its there.

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Anonymous wrote:There's a whole group doing it at my child's very expensive private school, in the MS. I've been talking to them about staying away from the kids involved with it. This is bigger than I realized. The head is aware as i spoke with them about it recently. I'm worried about high school being worse.

What school and or grade? I have not seen this in middle school or heard about it in middle school at our all boys school. I may be naïve but I cannot see kids in middle school doing this.

As far as I know there are only three all boys high schools that have a middle school too- St Albans, Landon and St Anslems. I know boys in middle school at St Albans and Landon are vaping/juling - because I have a DD that age and she knows boys at both schools who do. It was happening at dances she attended. I do not know about St Anselm's.

I was one of the posters saying I cannot believe this because my son does not tell on other kids. However, now that I’m thinking about it I could imagine three or four boys in seventh grade at one of the schools you mentioned doing this. It’s the same three or four that I repeatedly hear are involved in negative situations.

Well, PP, there are at least 3 or 4 boys doing it at both of the schools I mentioned.

What grade? I’m still having a hard time wrapping my head around this.

A few in 7th, more in 8th, and tons in high school. And to PP above yes, my kid knows these kids. Has known them her whole life. She can name who is vaping at dances. Its not a secret from anyone but those with clueless or uninvolved parents. Kids talk you just have to listen.

Have not heard of this in 7th at STA.

Its there.

Lax?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's incredibly easy to hide the devices and the better ones are made so there's no weed smell.

I am pretty sure the kids juuling at school are only using nicotine pods not weed. This is according to my 9th and 10th grade kids.

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Anonymous wrote:It's incredibly easy to hide the devices and the better ones are made so there's no weed smell.

I am pretty sure the kids juuling at school are only using nicotine pods not weed. This is according to my 9th and 10th grade kids.

Wait what? Are you saying kids are putting weed in them as well outside of school?

[Anonymous]

What difference does it make? If it's not your kid and your kid is still getting a quality education, so what? There are always going to be kids throwing spitballs or doing something stupid behind the teacher's back.

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Anonymous wrote:What difference does it make? If it's not your kid and your kid is still getting a quality education, so what? There are always going to be kids throwing spitballs or doing something stupid behind the teacher's back.

Are you for real?

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Anonymous wrote:What difference does it make? If it's not your kid and your kid is still getting a quality education, so what? There are always going to be kids throwing spitballs or doing something stupid behind the teacher's back.

Are you for real?

I doubt it.