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Newshawk: Chip
Pubdate: Thu, 27 Dec 2001
Source: Beaumont Enterprise (TX)
Copyright: 2001 Beaumont Enterprise
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Website: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1024
NEWTON DECISION STILL TROUBLESOME
The only thing worse than a government agency that acts contrary to the
greater public good is one that keeps trying to, even after it is
rightfully challenged.
The Newton school district has taken a good step by replacing mandatory
drug-testing with random screening, but one aspect of the new policy is
still troublesome.
Under the policy adopted by trustees last week, students in grades six
through 12 volunteer with a guardian's written consent to go into a pool
from which 10 names will be drawn each month for testing. So far, so good,
and certainly better than the policy that had parents and students
protesting its intrusiveness in September.
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MAP posted-by: Beth