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Updated: 8:02 PM May 5, 2009
Drug Testing Middle School Students
Drug testing middle school students? Cabell County's school system is prepping to do just that. Posted: 8:02 PM May 5, 2009Reporter: Bill Murray Email Address: bill.murray@wsaz.com |
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Drug testing middle school students? Cabell County's school system is prepping to do just that.
Seminars start this week for those students who want to participate in school sports. The school board is notifying all parents through an automated phone message that orientation on the drug testing starts next week.
"I was going to give them the entire policy with consent form, but I've changed my mind on that," Cabell County Schools Administrator Todd Alexander said.
He explained that's because of concerns the forms could be lost during summer break. Instead, the consent forms will be sent to students' homes at the start of the school year.
Alexander said any drug that could be found on students will be tested -- marijuana, alcohol, meth and cocaine, among others.
The school board already has done random testing at the two county high schools. The first wave of students will have orientation on Thursday at Beverly Hills Middle School.
If a child tests positive for drugs, the first step is to notify the parents --then there's mandatory retesting. If it continues, the child will not be allowed to participate in sports for the rest of the school year.
The administration had hoped to randomly drug test more than 500 high school students this year, but inclement weather prevented it. As of early this week, roughly 380 students have been tested. That testing will continue through the end of the school year.
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