The board voted six-two Wednesday night to hammer out the details of an agreement with local RCMP that would allow Const. Al Hamilton and his German shepherd drug dog Gator to sniff lockers for contraband.
Illegal drugs have no place in our schools.
The use of drugs has been going on for quite some time and the perpetrators have been doing it with impunity. The deal will likely go ahead only if the public supports the notion, if students are notified prior to searches and if police can recommend charges when contraband is seized. Trustee Janice Macalister said police should take a hard-line approach by charging students caught with drugs. Two trustees voted against the idea. James Bell said it would be easy for students to plant drugs in each other's lockers.