Auburn School District outlines expanded safety staffing, mental-health resources and anti-vape measures

Auburn School District leaders on Monday detailed a package of security and student-support steps they say are already in place or rolling out across district schools, including a director of safety, three full-time school resource officers, expanded campus-safety staff and a pilot program to detect vaping in school bathrooms.

The measures, described by the district superintendent during a city-hosted community safety session at Mount Baker Middle School, aim to address concerns residents raised in an earlier round of eight neighborhood meetings. "We actually started by prioritizing funding for a director of safety," the superintendent said, describing a position created to co‑ordinate training, supplies and threat-assessment follow-up.

The district said the current security and student-support lineup includes three full‑time Auburn police school resource officers…