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Student‑led vaping task force proposes education, enforcement and partnerships to curb school vaping
Summary
A student‑led task force presented a three‑part plan — enforce, educate, eradicate — focused on updated discipline approaches, shorter targeted education modules and community partnerships to address vaping in Sarasota schools.
A student‑led task force presented its recommendations to the Sarasota County School Board on July 22, urging a coordinated mix of discipline, classroom education and community partnerships to reduce vaping among middle‑ and high‑school students.
The task force was led this past year by recent Riverview High School graduate Sebastian Gerstel, who told the board the effort brought together students, law enforcement, the health department, teachers and parents to create a multi‑pronged response.
“It's so much bigger than vaping,” Gerstel said. “It affects not just the students who actually are addicted or on it. It affects our staff. It affects our families. It affects the students who don't even do it. And that's why this is such a big issue for us.”
Three priorities: enforce, educate, eradicate
- Enforce: The task force reviewed discipline language in the student code of…
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