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RANDOM DRUG TESTING OF STUDENTS
Participation in extra-curricular athletics / cheerleading or operating/parking a motor vehicle on campus are privileges, not rights. Students involved in such athletic / cheerleading extracurricular activities represent the school and the school system in interscholastic competition, public performances and various other activities. They are role models for other students. Their use or abstinence in the use of alcohol or illegal drugs is likely to influence the choices of other high school students. In addition, the use or abuse of alcohol and /or illegal drugs by these athletes / cheerleaders is likely to increase student injuries to the user or others with whom he / she is playing. Student drivers are inexperienced and pose a substantial risk to the safety of themselves and others should they operate a motor vehicle on campus or elsewhere while under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs. The Caldwell County School System has adopted a random alcohol and drug testing policy to deter the use of alcohol and drugs among high school students. Students who wish to participate in athletic / cheerleading extracurricular activities or who operate or park a motor vehicle on campus will be subjected to random drug testing throughout the school year.
Refusal to participate in a drug test or the positive results of a drug test will result in the student’s ineligibility to participate in extra-curricular athletics / cheerleading or the operating / parking of a motor vehicle on campus for 365 calendar days. If it is a first offense, this time may be shortened to 30 school days or the end of that sports season, if the student and the student’s parent successfully complete an alcohol or drug abuse education / intervention program at the student’s / parent’s expense.