Pubdate: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 Source: Honolulu Advertiser (HI) Copyright: 2008 The Honolulu Advertiser, Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/uXtrz8Lm Website: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/195 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n860/a02.html Author: J.F. Choo Teachers must live up to contract agreed to Professor Richard Miller may be an emeritus scholar of law, but his math is seriously skewed to fit his view of random drug testing of public school teachers. Using his figures, there were 13,404 educators eligible to vote in the union contract ratification; 8,449 cast their ballots (63 percent), 4,955 did not vote (37 percent), 5,176 out of 8,449 voted "yes" (61.26 percent). 3,273 voted "no" (38.74 percent). His figure of 43 percent of eligible voters is irrelevant because the 4,955 who chose to not vote gave up their rights to be heard in this argument. Had they voted, they may have reversed the results to favor the HSTA's stance. Their objection on constitutional grounds should have been brought up before the vote. He and the HSTA maintain that randomly drug testing teachers is a threat to basic rights. What about parents' rights of assurances that those entrusted with the education of their children will be drug free and examples of good citizenship? That good citizenship encompasses living up to a contract entered into and agreed upon by all parties concerned. J.F. CHOO Honolulu - --- MAP posted-by: Steve Heath