Okla. High School Superintendent Kirby Lehman has a good idea, but could be carrying it a step too far. Lehman, addressing a legislative committee this past week, called for random drug testing of all public high school students in Oklahoma. Random drug testing of high school students, a policy adopted in various forms in Texas, is an effective way to combat the flow of illegal drugs into schools. A mandatory policy that encompasses every public high school student in the state is a bit too extensive and prohibitive. School districts should have the right to institute a random drug testing policy, but this option should be the decision of each individual school district rather than a state mandate.
Any school has some problem.
Okla. High School principal Bill Ramsey. At the same time I don't know that testing all your kids is the answer. A mandate would cause me to question this. Boise City currently does not have a random drug testing policy and does not have a similar policy under consideration. Okla. High School also does not conduct random drug testing of students, but a policy has been mentioned in the past, principal James Hogg said.