Multiple issues have risen this school year, but none that concerns students more than school personnel not doing more to prevent students from vaping in the school bathrooms. 

It is getting to the point where some students report they try to avoid the school bathroom during the day.

“Every time I go to the bathroom it smells like weed,” said an anonymous student, in fear they will get in trouble for speaking out. “I feel like there are times where I walk in, get hit by the smell and then see multiple used products like ZYNs in the toilet.”

Teachers also have similar reports to students.

 “I feel like 40% of students I have taught vaped during school hours,” said an anonymous teacher.

Yet, when addressing these problems, Assistant Principal Sally Farrell, one of the administrators responsible for school discipline, feels like it has vastly improved. 

“I rarely catch people vaping in bathrooms, maybe once a month,” said Farrell. “I don’t feel like it happens at this school often.”

This statement upset many LHS students who believe there are not enough efforts made to counter the issue because they feel adults want to hide that there is a problem.

 “It feels like the school is just denying the obvious, and it is really suspicious,” said an anonymous student.

LHS could install vape detector systems, which are like smoke detectors, to help alleviate the illegal consumption of these products in the LHS bathrooms, according to an anonymous staffer.

Not only does the lack of effort by the school insult regular people in the school everyday, but it shows severe irony of LHS. If consuming drugs on school property can result in suspension and expulsion, school personnel should put more effort into catching drugs on campus rather than letting the problem blossom even more. 

Not addressing the issue results in more students pushing the limit of what they can do at the school, which comes at the expense of students actually trying to learn.

Reid Jackson Contributed to Writing This Article