Higj School Drug Testing & Student Drug Abuse
Drug Testing at schools is a normal thing now
Drug testing is now officially a reality for Fort Payne middle and high school students.
The Fort Payne Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to adopt a drug-testing program, aimed at middle and high school students who participate in competitive extracurricular activities. Board member Jimmy Durham did not attend Monday’s meeting but had earlier voiced support for the program.
The board voted to implement “phase one” of the program beginning April 3, which will allow any students to volunteer for drug testing. Those students would then be subject to random selection.
During the first phase, any student may volunteer to become part of the pool for random testing.
“Phase two” will begin June 5. At this time, students who are involved in competitive extracurricular activities or who choose to park vehicles on any of the Fort Payne school campuses will be subject to random testing.
The program is being implemented through a grant obtained through the Partnership for a Drug-Free DeKalb County.
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Liz Wear, director of the partnership, said the grant application specified that random testing be limited to students participating in competitive extracurricular activities. Wear said city school board attorney Bob Jordan interpreted that to mean “interscholastic extracurricular activities,” or extracurricular activities that involve competition with other schools.
A number of groups therefore fall under the umbrella for random testing, including all sports teams, band members and students involved in such organizations as Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Future Farmers of America, high school chorus, scholar’s bowl team, math team, student council and French and Spanish clubs.
Some extracurricular activities fall outside the scope of testing, said Superintendent Jim Cunningham, because they involve only intrascholastic competition, such as Calendar Girl. He said that if, at any time in the future, such activities expand to include competition with other schools, the drug testing policy would then apply.
Also, Cunningham noted that all students who drive to school and park vehicles on campus are subject to random testing.
Partnership received a $500,000 grant last year to implement drug testing in both the city and county school systems. Wear said the DeKalb County Board of Education is expected to take up discussion about drug testing when it meets Thursday.
Source: Times-Journal - Fort Payne,AL,USA
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