Students in New Westminster told Global News they vape in school washrooms to hide from teachers and in school parking lots.

“The students in our portables are now greater than the population of the whole New Westminster school district,” said one upset parent.

Though he was acquitted in court, the educator was fired from his teacher-on-call role with the Surrey school district.

Surrey RCMP say a 15-year-old involved in both incidents at Fraser Heights Secondary has been arrested and released on the promise to appear in court.

An alternative education program has been put in place for the students, who were caught on video assaulting a teen on school grounds.

Stephen Pettigrew says parents are concerned about the rise in vaping in high schools.

The club has used a building behind Frank Hurt Secondary for decades, but the school district now says it needs the space.

The bhangra-fusion flash mob will include some special guests: 10 Surrey RCMP police officers who have learned the moves and will join the kids in dancing. 

"We talk so much about what does it take to be successful in kindergarten through grade 12, but I think we should be talking equally about that transition when you finish school for the next four, five, six, seven years," Tinney said.

The schools caught on to the problem when teachers noticed students taking extra 'bathroom breaks' to pick up lunch.