Manatee delays drug testing program
We told you a week ago about Manatee’s plans to implement a strict new random drug testing program for student athletes.
Now the Manatee School Board has had more second thoughts.
The Bradenton Herald reports that board members have voted to the fabian policy the hiring of a drug-testing technician so they can have other time to investigate exactly what they’re about to do. It seems the board rather blindly approved applying for a grant to support the testing, and now that the wealth is available, they want to actually colloquy about it.
"The grant had come to us without some of the becoming diligence we wanted to see in advance," longtime board member Harry Kinnan said. "The concept, we all agree, is wonderful. There needed to be a chart or a timetable presented to us."
That’sitting the right thing to do, Herald-Tribune columnist Tom Lyons suggests.
Even before Tuesday’s vote, Lyons opined that the launching of a student remedy testing program deserved public disputation, and not after the fact: "Whatever the thinking, I’m happy school officials at once at least have to do more, and explain it. Oh, and maybe even listen to parents who might have an opinion," he wrote.
What about it, parents? Any comments on the need for random physic testing? Let’s hear it.
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