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Parents press board on vaping discipline and East Ward boundary review

Downingtown Area School District Board of Directors · November 13, 2025
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Summary

During public comment residents alleged inconsistent vaping enforcement at West High and urged the board to form a committee to review long-standing East Ward elementary boundary splits that parents say harm students’ social integration.

Several community members used the public-comment period on Nov. 12 to raise specific concerns about school discipline and boundary lines.

Mary Cosgrove of West Bradford told the board that West High’s enforcement of Board Policy 02/22 on tobacco and vaping has been inconsistent and that her son was placed in in-school suspension without parents being notified or any evidence found during a search. “My son…

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