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NJ school district plans to random drug test 6th-8th graders

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

CBS New York: N.J. Town To Vote On Middle School Drug Tests / 6th, 7th & 8th Graders May Soon Be Treated Like High Schoolers: A proposal to conduct random drug tests of young students in one New Jersey town is raising some eyebrows. Students at Belvidere Elementary School could be adding drug testing to their list of lessons when they move into middle school. The Board of Education will vote Wednesday on a plan to randomly test sixth, seventh and eighth graders to see if they are under the influence of drugs. School administrators said they were confident the proposal would pass. Elementary School Principal Sandra Szabocsik said school officials want to use the testing “as a deterrent.” Another clueless school district about to make a civil rights lawyer some money for a blatant Fourth Amendment violation.continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on January 11, 2011 (boomark / email).