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District outlines vaping‑prevention plan with classrooms, parent workshops and community partners
Summary
District health, family engagement and pupil personnel staff outlined a three‑part approach — classroom curriculum, parent education, and pupil personnel supports — to reduce youth vaping, including new vaping kits, partnerships with St. Luke’s Cornwall, parent workshops and expanded life‑skills interventions.
District health and family engagement staff presented a coordinated plan on May 12 to combat youth vaping in schools and the community.
Chris Solomon, the district’s director of physical education and health, described the education and classroom pieces: vaping will be integrated into health and substance‑abuse lessons, the district has ordered vaping kits that let students learn about lung capacity and the health effects of e‑cigarette use, and the district is partnering with St. Luke’s Cornwall to bring presentations into secondary schools.
Why it matters: Trustees and staff framed vaping as a public health and instructional issue that affects attendance, attention and social‑emotional wellness; the presentation tied prevention to both classroom curriculum and broader family engagement.
Pamela Peterson (family and community engagement) described a family outreach plan that includes a parent workshop on May 30 across middle schools, a prom postcard initiative designed by middle‑school students to influence high‑school prom decisions, and continued use of FACE community spaces for outreach. The district also highlighted collaborations with Team Newburgh, ADAC, Catholic Charities and the National Guard Drug Task Force for classroom and community programming.
Pupil personnel staff emphasized supports for students returning from suspension, training for social workers (Teen Intervene), and an Education Life Skills pilot at Heritage Middle School that offers an online reflection and school‑based follow up as an alternative to suspension.
Next steps: The district will continue parent education, expand the life‑skills program, and roll out professional development and community tabling; administrators invited community partners into the effort and asked families to attend upcoming workshops.
