Klarinet Archive - Posting 001008.txt from 2002/06

From: w7wright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: [kl] Music vs. drug testing
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:45:37 -0400

If the list asks me to do so, I'll shut up about this.

But the court system (a state Supreme Court? Federal? I'm not sure) has
ruled that it's OK to do random testing of choir students while the
entire student body of the same school is not tested.

This is broader than just music, of course, because (I believe) the
ruling applies to any school activity, not just to music. I can
understand athletics, where the relationship between dugs and injury is
obvious. ....and I'm *NOT* discussing the concept of random testing of
an entire school district, nor of random locker searches. It's the
thought of selecting a particular group such as music students, perhaps
because it's easier to take on a small group than it is to take on an
entire student population, or perhaps because it costs less money to do
only the choir....

probably this topic doesn't belong here.... sorry. But I'm pissed.

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