CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A Rossview High School student raised concerns this week about vaping in school restrooms and recommended vape-detection sensors. However, district officials say HALO devices capable of detecting aerosols are already in use.
Rondal Ballard, a junior at Rossview, addressed the Clarksville-Montgomery County School Board during the public comment portion of Tuesday’s meeting. “Vaping in schools doesn’t just affect those who do it,” Ballard said. “It also affects those who do not vape.”
Ballard told board members when students use the bathroom to vape, it can result in other students not feeling comfortable using those facilities. “Students are reluctant to report on what they saw in the bathrooms because it could put them in danger in school,” he said.
Ballard suggested the district research bathroom sensors design to detect vape aerosols. He said the Rossview STEM and Science Olympiad Club has already begun developing air-quality sensors that are “efficient, fast signaling and comes with low cost.”…