OH - High school drug testing students
Galion City Schools Board of Education met for a work session on Thursday evening. A number of issues were brought before the board for consideration and action, but perhaps the most immediate and controversial of the work session topics was the new random drug testing policy — which garnered a considerable amount of debate before ultimately gaining unanimous passage.
The random drug testing policy will go into effect for the 2010-2011 school year. It will be funded by making students pay for parking passes. At this time, it is thought that the amount that will be charged for such passes will be $15 per student, in order to establish the $10,000 fundneeded to participate in the program.
While the board was in agreement about the substantive details of the drug testing policy, there was much consternation about whether or not every extra-curricular activity’s participants could be tested.
“I won’t vote for this if we can’t test the band,” proclaimed board president Bob Zeisler at one point during the debate. He argued that testing students who participate in some extra-curricular activities while not testing students in others would be unfair.
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In a related and even more contentious discussion, the board considered offering voluntary enrollment in the random drug testing program for students who are not involved in extra-curricular activities at all. This voluntary program would be an option for parents who are concerned that their enrolled child might be using drugs — they could add their child to the pool of random test subjects, and pay for inclusion out of their own pocket.
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$10,000 spent to be tested for Glee Club
What a great country..yuk, yuk, barf!
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This is a parental issue, not the schools. I would not let my kid drive to a school where they charged for parking! That's ridiculous! It's none of the schools business what kids do outside of the school. That's the parent's issue.
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I don't think that testing students is a bad idea. Parents might say they know their child and he would never do drugs, but the truth is that most of those who confront with their kid's drug addiction have difficulties in accepting this fact. This may be a problem because their attitude will delay the treatment, and when it comes to addiction the sooner these kids get help the better. By some random drug tests though, those teens will have the chance get back on track faster, before their lives turn in some nightmare. Considering this i don't think that paying $15 per student should be such a big deal.
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Parental consent is defiantly a step in the right direction for random drug testing, but they won’t be very successful if parents have to pay. If someone should pay it is the schools responsibility I suppose.
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I think the money would be better spent on improving education about drugs, drug tests will only work temporarily. What we need to focus on is making sure students don't leave school and then start doing drugs...
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I dont have a problem with the drug testing of the students just as long as it includes ALL staff members of the school, and I mean ALL, full time ,part time, volunteers, even the school board members. Now that would cause a stir, wouldn't it.
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