School district installs controversial new tech outside of student bathrooms: ‘It’s no secret’

In efforts to reduce student vaping, more than 250 schools in Wisconsin have installed vape sensors to detect the chemicals found in e-cigarettes.

The Beloit school district has installed these devices in three buildings since 2023, according to WMTV.

More than 30 of these sensors, which look a bit like smoke detectors, are now inside Beloit Memorial High School, including outside of bathrooms. When the alarms are triggered by a change in air quality, they alert security staff through a camera system, helping them to track down the culprits…

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