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Committee debates designated smoking area at North Transportation Facility
Summary
Policy review committee discussed adding language to the district’s tobacco policy to allow a designated smoking area for non‑students on the North Transportation Facility grounds, citing safety concerns from staff who had been smoking near the roadside when leaving campus.
The Policy Review Committee of the East Stroudsburg Area School District discussed Aug. 18 a proposed change to the district’s tobacco policy to allow a designated smoking area on the grounds of the North Transportation Facility for non‑students.
The lede: Committee members and staff said the change aims to reduce unsafe roadside smoking by staff and other adults who were leaving campus and parking on a nearby road to smoke. Under current practice at the north campus, staff said people who want to smoke often leave district property and, in some cases, park on the side of Bushko Falls Road;…
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