In the face of an escalating student vaping crisis within New York City’s public schools, the Department of Education is considering buying taking new anti-vaping measures, in the form of cutting-edge sensors designed to detect e-cigarettes and similar devices.
According to data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), an alarming 14% of U.S. high school students and 3% of middle school students were reported to have used e-cigarettes in the year 2022. This vaping trend is particularly troubling in the city, with a 2021 CDC study revealing that 11% of New York City high school students were already using e-vapor products at that time.
While the DOE has not yet finalized any contracts, sources told the NY Post that the agency is currently evaluating offerings from at least one prospective vendor.
The innovative products under consideration rely on wireless technology to detect emissions emanating from vaping pens and expeditiously alert the relevant school personnel.
Notably, several public schools in the city have proactively sought information about these products, with Triton, a supplier of sensors already servicing five other school districts across the state, being one of the sought-after companies. Additionally, Sotor Technologies, based in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., is vying to introduce its FlySense 286 sensors into NYC schools. The company is presently providing these sensors to six charter and private schools within the city and four other school districts statewide, characterizing vaping in schools as nothing less than “a plague.”
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They didn’t say what they’re going to do if they catch a student vaping. Because throwing them out of school isn’t an option. Teachers and mechanichim need to realize that vaping is here to stay and need to realize how to deal with it, not get rid of it. They will never be able to get rid of it
Vaping is a problem in the frum schools too.
This is another area where the Public Schools can learn from the Yeshivas.
They want to ban vaping while we allow underage boys to smoke cigarettes & drink alcohol at the Yeshiva.
With all the crime in NYC, this is what they are worried about. Just wondering, now that weed is legal, is that allowed to be brought to school? In addition, if they catch the kid, what will they do with him ? Will they need to catch an even number of white kids and black kids? Keep teaching about “alternative lifestyles” which lead to suicide, while you worry about a kid vaping in the bathroom. THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN!!!!!!