North Olmsted schools set to vote on drug testing middle schoolers

THE NORTH OLMSTED BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL VOTE TONIGHT.. ON WHETHER TO DRUG TEST MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. TAKE VO THE DRUG TESTS.. WOULD BE RANDOM. AND ONLY FOR STUDENTS INVOLVED IN EXTRA CURRICULARS OR SPORTS. IT WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THE POLICY ALREADY IN PLACE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.. BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT TELLS US WITH MORE AND MORE KIDS EXPERIMENTING WITH DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AT YOUNGER AGES.. THE DRUG TESTS WOULD GIVE THEM A REASON TO SAY NO TO THE PEER PRESSURE THEY’RE LKELY ALREADY EXPERIENCING. TAKE JESSI THE VOTE IS TONIGHT AT 7. WE’LL BE THERE AND WILL UPDATE YOU WITH THE DECISION. LIVE IN NORTH OLMSTED JESSI SCHULTZ NEWS 5.