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Board Approves Drug Testing at Taft High
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n749/a07.html
Newshawk: Herb
Pubdate: Wed, 19 May 2004
Source: Daily Midway Driller (CA)
Copyright: 2004 Taft Midway Driller. 4/20/2004
Contact: editor@bak.rr.com
Website: http://www.taftmidwaydriller.com/
Address: Daily Midway Driller, 800 Center Street - P.O Box 958,
Taft, CA 93268
Author: Matt Henry
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm
(Drug Testing)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm
(Youth)
BOARD APPROVES DRUG TESTING AT TAFT HIGH
Before school starts this fall, restrictions will be getting tighter in
the testing for drugs at Taft High School after the TUHS Board approved
the "Extra Curricular Activity Code of Ethics" in last night's
board meeting at Taft High School.
According to Superintendent Curt Dubost, testing will begin this summer
and will be random.
"There will not be an initial drug test of each athlete this
summer," said Dubost.
Under the system, if a student tests positive, they will be asked to
take a second test to make sure the first one was right. If the
second one confirms the first, the parents or guardians are informed and
can appeal.
If a student tests positive, he or she will be enrolled in a counseling
and rehabilitation program and face several penalties.
In other news at the meeting, students that are way behind in their
units will have an opportunity to catch up on their work after the Taft
Union High School Board voted to add on a couple of classrooms to the
Buena Vista High School Campus.
One program, opportunity, will deal with students who are freshmen and
sophomores. The other is a continuation program for students 16
years and over.
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