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Parent urges Downingtown board to review vaping enforcement after son placed in ISS
Summary
A West Bradford parent told the board that Enforcement of Policy 2.22 at Downingtown West High School has been inconsistent and punitive; she requested an informal hearing with the superintendent after her son was placed in ISS without evidence or parent notification.
Mary Cosgrove, a West Bradford resident and parent, used the public-comment period to urge the board to review how Board Policy 2.22 (Tobacco and Vaping Products) is being enforced at Downingtown West High School.
Cosgrove said her son was escorted out of a bathroom stall by a security guard, taken to an assistant principal's office, and searched (backpack, shoes, pockets) with no vape device or evidence found. Despite that, she said, he was placed in in-school suspension and the family was not notified before the disciplinary action was taken.
"I understand there's a vaping problem at the West. I know there's kids who know there are bathrooms that have hot spots," Cosgrove said, adding she believes reasonable-suspicion investigations should precede disciplinary records. She asked for an informal hearing with the superintendent and the attendant staff to review how the policy is applied.
The public-comment record in the transcript does not include a direct response from the superintendent or administrators during the meeting. Board policy references and next steps for investigating the claim were not specified on the record; Cosgrove asked the board to review consistency and due process in discipline and parental notification.
No formal appeal or subsequent administration response was recorded in the meeting excerpt provided.
