Judge Chad Floyd didn’t waste any time Tuesday morning as he addressed defendants and family members gathered in a small third-floor courtroom atop the Cullman County Courthouse.
All seven defendants had already missed first period middle and high school classes in Cullman County. All seven had been caught with vape devices on campus.
They are part of a new program that’s spreading across Alabama, as a small number of counties take on the prosecution of students who are busted vaping at school. The schools have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in high-tech vape sensors to catch children puffing in bathrooms and locker rooms.
