Drug Testing Information
5530.01 - Drug Testing
Drug and alcohol abuse in any school is a threat to the safety and health of students, faculty, staff, and the community as a whole. It jeopardizes the efficiency and the quality of educational programs as well as having the potential of physical harm. The risks associated with such abuse may include the possibility of impaired judgment, diminished capacity, and deterioration of the organs of the body, addition, and conditions that substantially inhibit a person from performing to his/her fullest ability. It is not intended to be solely disciplinary or punitive in nature, for the educational opportunities offered in the various buildings will continue to direct students away from drugs and alcohol and toward a healthy, safe, and drug-free life. It is the right of every parent to expect that each students is receiving the best education that can be provided by Avon Community Schools.
Drug Testing Programs
All courses, programs, and activities are an integral part of the school system. The value for a student's personal development must be given a high priority for the community that wants to have a total school program. The opportunity for participation in any program, including athletics, is not an absolute right. Participating is a privilege offered to students and necessitates that students meet high standards. Driving to schools is also a privilege granted to students under conditions that include operating a vehicle in a safe and legal manner.
Avon Community School encourages all students, who hold a valid driver's license, to drive on school grounds and to participate in activities and programs, but also believes that these opportunities are not an absolute right, but privileges offered to students who meet both the scholastic and physical conditions of eligibility.
A condition for participation in privileged activities in the Avon Schools shall be an agreement by the student to submit to probable cause and/or random testing for the use of drugs and alcohol. Probable cause (reasonable suspicion) drug testing will apply to all students enrolled in the Avon Schools. The random drug testing program will be applied to students, male and female, who choose to participate in non-credit, extra-curricular activities, and/or who drive to, from, or during school while a student in any of the Avon Schools that has declared that the school will participate in the Corporation's random drug testing program approved the Avon School Corporation's School Board.
Statistics on testing and results, which do not include specific student identification, shall be compiled at the end of each school year and made available to the Central office Administration and to the School Board who may release the data at the Board's discretion.
