Serving historic Rowan County, North Carolina since 1905. Last year 509 nearly a third of all students voluntarily signed up to take a bus to a local doctor s office, pee in a cup and have their urine screened for drugs. Spreading word about the drug prevention program through freshman orientation, open house and homeroom teachers, the school has already recruited even more students so far this school year. I think this year we re going to try significantly harder at marketing it, said Karen Peck-Harris, South Rowan High s intervention specialist.
Kids don t really want to have to sign up every year.
So this year we re really going to concentrate on the ninth-graders. Ci Ci s Pizza, Dale s Sporting Goods, Hardee s, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Sno Shed and Subway. Most students interviewed, however, say they undergo the testing not for the incentives. They do it to make their parents proud. If you take that home and sign it, that makes them feel good about you, sophomore Ashley Duffell said.