Parents please, please, please talk with your children about the dangers around vaping. 

We had an incident at our High School on Wednesday where kids took a hit off a Juul, which is a type of vape that is easily hidden from parents and school officials, where two kids had to receive medical care and be transported in an ambulance.  As of Thursday, both students were fine and back at school, but the incident is having to be investigated by the school and by law enforcement.

I am only telling you about our situation to let you know this is not an isolated Crawford County School problem, this is a society problem, and our kids are at danger.  I know for a fact of two additional school districts with specific incidents where the “vape juice” was laced with illegal drugs including synthetic marijuana, phenetole, and LSD.  These drugs are hitting the body and almost instantly causing effects.  Additionally, in all three cases, including ours, they were bought at a vape store by someone 18 years old as a legal transaction.  The point of that last statement is that you need to know that there is no way to know what chemicals are in the vapes that your child is using and this could be a very dangerous game of roulette.

As a school, we are going to continue to crack down on vapes and vape juice, this includes any devise that can be used, including but not limited to a Juul and Juul pods.  I truly hate that this is another distraction from the mission of the schools system, but we will continue to do everything in our power to ensure a safe and secure learning environment for our students.