Wendy Mannis, a Clinton city councilwoman and prevention coordinator at ASAP of Anderson, updated the board on the local vaping-prevention effort, saying the policy adopted last year has yielded positive early results.

Mannis told board members the district has recorded no vaping violations under the new policy and that 75 students have gone through a 'coping conversations' program designed as a first-offense intervention. She described classroom and small-group work with sixth graders on the dangers of vaping and of riding with impaired drivers, and said the initiative has shown promising behavior-change indicators, including students using flavored toothpicks as a cessation aid.

Mannis also said the initiative is a multi-district effort, noting work with Oak Ridge and Anderson County, and said she believes it "might even be the first in the state where all three school districts adopted it," framing the countywide approach as a point of pride. The presenter set a district goal of zero vaping incidents in Clinton by May.

What happens next: staff and prevention partners will continue the coping-conversations program and monitor incidents; the board did not take further formal action at this meeting.