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Board approves phone‑pouch pilot and vape detectors at three high schools using safer‑schools grant funds
Summary
The Columbus County School Board approved purchasing Yondr phone pouches and Triton vape detectors (BridgeTech/Lockstep) to pilot at three traditional high schools, funded by an expiring North Carolina Center for Safer Schools equipment grant; implementation details and accommodations were discussed
The Columbus County Board of Education approved two safety‑technology purchases — Yondr phone pouches for phone‑free spaces and Triton vape detectors from BridgeTech/Lockstep — to pilot at three traditional high schools, using funds from the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools equipment grant that expire on June 30.
Superintendent Beck and members of student support services presented the initiatives and said the purchases were…
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