Inhaling and exhaling the aerosol produced by an electronic vapor device, also known as vaping, carries health risks. Vaping products can include nicotine, chemicals, marijuana or other drugs that can affect students’ learning, attention and self-control. While most youth nationwide are choosing not to vape, we are concerned whenever a student chooses to use these products.
We want to help students make healthy choices. To help prevent and treat vaping, Battle Ground Public Schools’ prevention/intervention team provides classroom lessons, holds school-wide activities and offers individual and group support meetings. They work closely with security staff and school counselors, who address students’ social and emotional needs and connect them with mental health resources when needed. Partnerships with organizations such as Prevent Together: Battle Ground Prevention Alliance help students live drug-free lives and practice their leadership skills.
Learn more and find resources for teens, or contact your child’s counselor and/or prevention/intervention specialist. You can also learn about the latest research on addiction and brain development and what to do if your child is experimenting with drugs and/or alcohol at this free open house.
It is important to note that vaping is illegal for anyone under the age of 21, and used vape devices are considered by the state to be hazardous waste. A student who is seen vaping, or who is in possession of a vaping device, will at minimum need to be picked up by a parent, guardian or emergency contact person for the remainder of the school day. A student who has or is using a vaping device or any tobacco product at school or adjacent to school grounds is subject to discipline up to emergency removal/expulsion. Please see the student/family handbook for more information.
Our students’ health and safety are top priorities. Thank you for your partnership in this effort.