At Century Middle School in Thornton, like at a lot of schools across the state, administrators struggle to respond to students consuming nicotine, especially vaping or using nicotine pouches.
Principal Kristin Devlin, who has led the school for six years and been in education for 24 years, said it’s becoming more popular.
“Much more common,” she said. “I don’t even think that there’s, like, really the attempt made to conceal them anymore,” noting students used to hide vapes in jackets, hoodies and disguised flash drives…