CONWAY — Electronic cigarettes — vaporizers, or vapes, in particular — have reportedly become an epidemic on high school campuses across the United States.
Principal Neal Moylan is doing all he can to curb the problem at Kennett High School. There was a stretch at the start of this school year where there were more student suspensions for vaping than days of school.
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