Vaping in class?

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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.

Yes, parents should be aware that you can vape marijuana.

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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.

Yes, parents should be aware that you can vape marijuana.

Which is why I asked earlier if certain schools have started to enforce either suspensions or expulsions for the sale, possession, or use of vaping devices on school grounds.

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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.

Not 7th - maybe older kids or high school...

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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.

Yes, parents should be aware that you can vape marijuana.

I don’t think so. It’s called something else isn’t it?

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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.

Not 7th - maybe older kids or high school...

Again, just because you haven’t heard of it doesn’t mean it’s not there.

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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.

Yes, parents should be aware that you can vape marijuana.

I don’t think so. It’s called something else isn’t it?

I ask my kid these questions regularly and this is what I have learned. You can use a “hack” to fill the nicotine pods with THC oil. Yes, kids do this and the pot smell is minimal.

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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.

Yes, parents should be aware that you can vape marijuana.

I don’t think so. It’s called something else isn’t it?

I ask my kid these questions regularly and this is what I have learned. You can use a “hack” to fill the nicotine pods with THC oil. Yes, kids do this and the pot smell is minimal.

This is PP. To be clear, i am talking about hacking juul pods.

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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.

You don’t know that for sure. You can’t just say that unless you absolutely know for sure. These are small grades and serious allegations. Most parents don’t just think this is something everyone is doing. When we hear about potential substance abuse it’s serious. I wouldn’t want my child to hang around with someone involved with that and would want to know.

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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.

You don’t know that for sure. You can’t just say that unless you absolutely know for sure. These are small grades and serious allegations. Most parents don’t just think this is something everyone is doing. When we hear about potential substance abuse it’s serious. I wouldn’t want my child to hang around with someone involved with that and would want to know.

I know, it would be so shattering if it happened at your child’s school but wake the hell up.

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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.

You don’t know that for sure. You can’t just say that unless you absolutely know for sure. These are small grades and serious allegations. Most parents don’t just think this is something everyone is doing. When we hear about potential substance abuse it’s serious. I wouldn’t want my child to hang around with someone involved with that and would want to know.

I know for certain that 8th graders at STA are vaping/juuling.

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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.

OK, I'm not going to name the school, because it really doesn't matter. What you clearly don't get is that I said in an earlier post that there was a significant vaping problem at this particular school last year. The problem has decreased to a significantly lower level because as I said before, my son has not seen any vaping happening in the school's restrooms, courtyards, or classrooms. That's not to say it isn't happening in the parking lots or right outside the campus. It just proves that the school has handled the problem appropriately because the kids no longer do it on school grounds...or if they do, it is at a significantly lower level than last year. Why would I be clueless to believe this?

Also I believe my son has never tried it because he has no interest in it and doesn't associate with the type of kid that vapes (the lax bros). Oh, and he doesn't drink alcohol either. Go ahead, tell me I am naive. Just because your kid is delinquent doesn't mean mine and everyone else's is.

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PP, it just means the kids have gotten smarter about it. Killing kids aren’t lax bros are delinquents— to say that is just cruel and dismissive. They are no more problemstoc or less loved than your child. Your school is not more immune to this than any other school. By not acknowledging the problem yourself you are just putting your head in the sand, though it sounds like your school, along with most schools are doing the best they can. They schools need help from parents and it seems like you may be one of the parents who don’t think this is a problem. It does affect your child and to ignore it or think it isn’t big deal because your child “may” not be around “those” kids or it isn’t happening in the classroom or bathrooms means you may not be really engaging with your school or child. I bet your child can name the kids who juul. These are marginalized kids especially in a private school. They are in the 6-10 person class with your child. Your child spends more time with them then you.

I am not saying your kid will juul but teens are tricky. They have a secret life which is age appropriate.

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Anonymous wrote:PP, it just means the kids have gotten smarter about it. Killing kids aren’t lax bros are delinquents— to say that is just cruel and dismissive. They are no more problemstoc or less loved than your child. Your school is not more immune to this than any other school. By not acknowledging the problem yourself you are just putting your head in the sand, though it sounds like your school, along with most schools are doing the best they can. They schools need help from parents and it seems like you may be one of the parents who don’t think this is a problem. It does affect your child and to ignore it or think it isn’t big deal because your child “may” not be around “those” kids or it isn’t happening in the classroom or bathrooms means you may not be really engaging with your school or child. I bet your child can name the kids who juul. These are marginalized kids especially in a private school. They are in the 6-10 person class with your child. Your child spends more time with them then you.

I am not saying your kid will juul but teens are tricky. They have a secret life which is age appropriate.

This statement is likely misleading because more kids are into this than most parents realize and they are not marginalized by their peers.

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Anonymous wrote:Used often in the bathroom at DC's Big 3. So depressing...

What is the purpose of it? I don’t get it.

I understand no one wants to be a tattletale but why don’t kids tell if they know these kids are doing it?

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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.

Are you even at a private school or do you just come on the private school thread to try to stir up angst for parents? If you’re not at a private school then you should not be speaking on behalf of them.