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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It feels strange to say on one hand we need to raise expectations academically and then on the other to not enforce things like no vaping in the bathrooms. And to assume that kids are going to do it anyway so why bother trying. Either we are trying to hold kids to higher expectations or we are not. I think the previous poster was correct that disciplinary actions reflect poorly on the school so the school does not issue them. A classic case of you get what you measure. [/quote]

Real question: What additional punishment do you want to see for vaping?

What currently happens is the student and parent are referred to mandatory substance abuse prevention classes and the student is give 1-3 days of in school suspension. Every child who is caught with a vape goes through this matrix. My admin is meticulous about scanning back through hallway footage to find evidence of kids hiding things up their sleeves and has been known to dig through trash cans to find suspected discarded paraphernalia when a kid is seen tossing something suspicious in the trash on camera.  She's confiscated 100s of vapes this year.

There is still a widespread vaping issue.

[b]As a teacher, I think the only realistic way to combat it is by having an adult monitor in every single bathroom between the hours of 8 and 3.[/b] I'm not sure if that's the best use of funds though--and I don't really want to imagine the type of person who signs up to be a "bathroom monitor for teenagers" for minimum wage.[/quote]

See my post at the top of page 2. It’s part of our IRP schedule. (Monitoring just outside the restroom.) [/quote]

It's part of our IPR duty to monitor bathrooms too, but there isn't one adult per bathroom all day long.  We are tasked in 45 minute increments to pop our heads into same sex restrooms and tell kids to get to class, but it's not enough. There are 4 of us every period with this task (block is split in half, 1m/1f teacher for each half) but the kids aren't stupid--they're really good at hiding it and avoiding us.[/quote]

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