During the FISD August board meeting, trustees approved updating the student code of conduct in the section on discipline management techniques to meet the requirements in House Bill 114. The consequence for being in possession of any part of an e-cigarette will place that student into the DEAP for 10 days. A student in DEAP will not be able to participate in athletics, school events, or extracurricular activities.
“A student must be placed in a DAEP if the student sells, gives, or delivers to another person or possesses or uses an e-cigarette,” states the 2023-2024 Frisco ISD student code of conduct. “A student must be placed in a DAEP if the student commits the following offenses on school property, within 300 feet of school property as measured from any point on the school’s real property boundary line, or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off school property.”
To enforce this policy, school staff are continually monitoring the building and will take away vapes and send students to the DEAP if vapes are found.
“Our Goal is to continually monitor the building by patrolling everybody around to basically enforce if there are any vapes going to apprehend them and then respond to them that way,” assistant principal Aaron Vernon said.
This policy has created a decrease of students with the possession of vapes.
“We have not noticed as many but that does not mean that they’re not out there, so our goal is to continually decrease them,” Vernon said. “So I think it’s having an effect but we won’t know till later.”
Although this new policy might upset some students, others can agree that this policy is for good. Sophomore Ava Wyatt believes that the new vape policy is a smart decision to get students to stop vaping.
“I think that it is a good way to get students to think twice before vaping,” Wyatt said. “I think the new vape policy is good for students because it will help allow them to break their addiction while at school because they are not able to vape during school hours.”
Not only will being in possession of an e-cigarette send a student to DEAP, students will face a longer disciplinary action at DEAP if found in possession of any substance that can get them high. This includes, but is not limited to, Hemp, CBD, or THC. A student with items that contain these substances in their possession will be sent to the DEAP for 45 days.
“Its important to not do drugs,” student vice president Ava Shepard said.” I am a student athlete so I believe doing drugs is an unsmart decision becasue you are not only putting yourself in danger but also the people around you.”