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Board approves vaping‑prevention program for middle grades after survey edits and parental‑consent concerns
Summary
Trustees approved a Drug Free Will Co vaping‑prevention program (Smoke Screen) for grades 6–8 after staff and the vendor removed demographic and opinion questions from the attached survey; board requested final, content‑centered survey language and emphasized parental notification.
The board considered a purchase of a vaping-prevention program (Smoke Screen) paid for by Drug Free Will Co for use with grades 6–8 beginning in 2027. Trustees expressed support for prevention work but raised concerns about an attached survey that initially included demographic and opinion questions requiring parental notice.
A program representative and staff described changes made in other districts and said the survey had been revised to remove demographic questions and opinion items; staff described the instrument as a knowledge assessment (questions 5–17) rather than an opinion survey. One trustee, identifying as a former data researcher, warned that student data must be handled carefully: "Data is, our our children's data has been abused," and urged removal of opinion and identifying questions or clear parental consent.
Staff and the vendor agreed to present the final survey and assured trustees the program aims to be prevention‑focused and roughly 90 minutes for targeted grades. Trustees voted to approve the program with the expectation staff will confirm the final survey questions and parental‑consent procedures.
