BUTLER TWP — The Butler Area School District is looking at ways to use $99,000 from its settlement with Juul to prevent students and youths from using vape devices.

Brian White, superintendent of the district, said at a meeting of the school board Monday, March 13 that because the money has to be spent on prevention or education, he plans to present some possibilities to the board for consideration.

He said administrators have implemented a few anti-vaping methods in schools, such as installing vape detectors in hallways and sending emails to parents, but they are looking for more-effective ways of prevention.

“We bought vape detectors. and they really didn’t do much for us,” White said. “Arguably, our new hall pass system has done more to keep kids out of places where they shouldn’t be, should we use a portion of it to fund that?”