Students against LISD's Random School Drug Testing
LISD has approved a Random Drug testing Policy.According to the Dallas Morning News, "Trustees approved spending $437,787, which includes $109,427 for drug testing and additional money for counseling... continue reading »
"MHS- Really? Why waste all this money when you'll maybe catch a few people. In the end though, after going through all those councelors and whatever else you're going to do to 'help' them, the people using drugs might just go back to using them again. And"
"LHS student. What a student does outside of school is not the administration's business. $437,000 should be used to help educate students in the classroom, not to try to get them in trouble."
"As a student who KNOWS I'd pass the drug test, I still don't want to take it because I believe it's completely unnecessary. I know I'm clean, why should I have to prove it to anyone? It's a waste of class time to go take the test and quite frankly, it's e"
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"I'm not agaisnt drug prevention in and of itself, and I think most people would agree with me -- it's not that we support druggies by signing this, just that we think that this testing program is ineffective and insenstive. I find it insensitive because, "
"Honestly, what's the use??"
"I thought the LISD system was ridiculously strict when I went to Flower Mound. How wrong I was."
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"FMHS Junior. Drugs aren't the problem. The violation of our rights without suspicion is."
"we shouldnt get kicked out if we do not sign, isnt that similar to blackmail?"
"Sorry Dr. Roy, but we have rights as kids, even if the majority of us are minors. : D"
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"its dumb and embarassing for the people who have to do it, and its a waste of resources and the taxes we pay. I'd rather have my parents paying for my school's faster internet than for some kid to be drug tested. if their parents want that, THEY can pay f"
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"its a waste of everyones life. my life. your life. her life. their lives. in general. even dog's lifes. theyre gonna have to wait for me to get home and sleep cuz i had to pee in a cup and ill be tired. its a dumb waste of money and were the ones paying f"
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"There is a drug problem in LISD and it is prevalent and LISD has made a few minor attempts to fight it, this is their first major attempt and unfortunetly they have failed miserably. I am not against LISD trying to stop the use of hard drugs such as heroi"
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"Couldn't this money be spent in special education programs? i've noticed their budget isnt that great and they could use more help. but we still have 500 grand to throw around on drugs? also i know it's been brought up about fourth amendment rights. it's "
"Random drug testing deters participation in extracurriculars and leads to more - not less - drug problems"