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Prevention specialist urges board not to cut vaping-education positions, cites JUUL settlement funds
Summary
A district prevention specialist told the board her contract was not renewed and asked that JUUL settlement funds be used to preserve prevention positions and curriculum for K–5 students.
Kathy Wynne, a district prevention specialist and former substitute teacher, told the board during the July 29 public hearing that two prevention teaching positions are at risk under the district's proposed budget and asked the board to use portions of JUUL settlement funds to maintain them.
Wynne said she and a colleague developed district lessons and materials after the state required every student receive substance-use education but provided no curriculum. "We created this urgently needed instructional material for grades K through 5," she told the board, and said the materials helped the district comply with state requirements.
Wynne said the district received settlement money from JUUL and United Way funding tied to prevention work. She said the district is scheduled to receive additional settlement payments and asked that part of those funds be redirected to preserve the prevention positions and continue student programming.
This was public comment; the board did not take formal action on her request at the July 29 meeting.
