#parent | #kids | #parents | #teensvaping | Researchers collect trash to better understand teen vaping and…

SAN FRANCISCO – To better understand the vaping epidemic in high schools across the United States, researchers have turned to the ground. Researchers in Northern California have “systematically scanned the student parking lots and exterior school perimeter areas” to collect e-cigarette, tobacco and cannabis waste on the ground, according to…

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#parent | #kids | #schoolsafety | Collinwood High would merge into Glenville; 10 other Cleveland schools could close in district downsizing

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland’s population losses may shutter the once-strong Collinwood High School and 10 other schools, if a downsizing plan proposed by Cleveland schools CEO Eric Gordon is approved by the school board. Collinwood High School would be closed, and students merged into Glenville High School, under a district-wide…

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#parent | #kids | #students | #parents | State fines school bus company for safety violations

The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission fined First Student $23,700 for safety violations. First Student provides school bus services to Seattle Public Schools, Tacoma Public Schools, and for students on Vashon Island, Tenino, Rochester, Colville and Chattaroy.The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has regulatory authority when school buses are chartered to…

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#parent | #kids | #parents | #teensvaping | Juul Suspends Online Sales of Flavored E-Cigarettes

Juul Labs announced on Thursday that it would temporarily halt online sales of flavored e-cigarettes like mango, products the company had already stopped distributing to retail stores as public outrage mounted over the soaring rate of teenage vaping. Facing multiple federal and state investigations into its marketing practices, Juul said…

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