Re: smoking

["Marie A. Baker" <mbaker@CSBH.MHV.NET>]

This question is not strictly library related, however I'm sure every =
school district grapples with it. In spite of strict penalties for =
violating the NO smoking rules (ranging from in-school to several days =
of out of school suspension)
students continue to smoke in the rest rooms.  In fact, there seems to =
have been an increase in the number of student smokers recently. All of =
our school grounds are drug free, so a designated smoking area is out of =
the question.=20
Our principal would like to address the root cause by forming a student =
wellness/anti-smoking group  to focus peer pressure on the problem. Have =
any of your schools tried such an approach? Did it work and if so, what =
methods were used? Does anyone have any success stories to share?  TIA
Marie Baker
Marlboro High School
Marlboro, NY  12542
mbaker@csbh.mhv.net