Pubdate: Mon, 08 Oct 2007
Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin (HI)
Copyright: 2007 Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Contact:  http://www.starbulletin.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/196
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n1148/a02.html
Author: Shawn Lathrop

TEACHERS, ACLU SHOULD BE PROTECTING KIDS

So now the ACLU is getting involved in the teachers' union's fight 
against drug testing (Star-Bulletin, Oct. 5). I really have to wonder 
what it is that these people have to hide. Educators talk about "zero 
tolerance" when it comes to drugs in our schools and yet here we are 
in the midst of a crisis with drug abuse in schools and the very 
people we entrust with our children are refusing to walk the walk.

Consider that there were six drug-related arrests of school 
teachers/personnel in the span of six months. Six months! And those 
were only the ones who got caught! And we have schools resisting 
locker searches and drug-sniffing canines. Kids are carrying 
marijuana, crystal meth and even cocaine onto our campuses. Anyone 
who says different A) is in denial, B) doesn't work in a school, or 
C) is completely and utterly out of touch with reality! Why doesn't 
the ACLU fight to protect our children instead of drug-using and 
drug-selling criminals who have slithered into our educational system?

Shawn Lathrop

Waikolua, Hawaii
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