Drug Prevention and Testing

Our school district is re-examining our policies on drugs and alcohol use and looking into the community's reactions to the possibility if testing for drug use.  Needless to say, this is a hot topic in our district just as it has been in many others.  Ohio law states that we can test any kid that participates in any extra-curricular event they don't receive a grade for.  This includes athletics, drama club, chess club, and even parking sticker privileges.  I don't know how this final revision of our policy will take shape, but if the following meetings are to be anywhere near as entertaining as the open forum last week, the notion of testing will be hotly contested.  Tonight's second public forum meeting will be, I'm sure more of the same issues being raised.  There are a great number of people who, despite its legality, think that the schools are overstepping their charge and becoming more of a parent if they do test.  I have to admit, I find it very hard to argue with this assertion.

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