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Youth speakers urge Hopkins board to favor ‘support over suspension’ for vaping incidents
Summary
Two young residents who serve on a youth advisory board urged Hopkins Public School District to change its approach to student vaping, arguing detectors and suspensions alienate students and fail to address nicotine addiction and underlying needs.
Two youth advisory board members told the Hopkins School Board on Feb. 11 they want district policy to prioritize support, treatment and education rather than suspensions for students caught using vapes.
Alicia Collare, introduced by the chair as a member of the youth advisory board connected to a downtown Hopkins clinic, said schools are “increasingly” taking a punitive approach to vaping that “alienates…
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