SCHOOL DRUG TESTING SUMMARY
 PURPOSE
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Establish a drug-free and safe learning environment for all students
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Identify high school students involved in substance abuse
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Provide professional assistance through treatment
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Reduce or eliminate peer pressure to use drugs
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Improve overall academic performance by reducing detention, suspension and expulsion rates
PROVIDES
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Program-funded drug testing using hair analysis
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Manpower assistance to implement the program
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Free drug-abuse assessments and services for those who test positive
NON-PUNITIVE
CONFIDENTIAL
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT SCHOOL DRUG TESTING?
"We are not here to catch and condemn, but instead to educate and liberate our teenagers in order to live clean, healthy lives."
-Carmen Schexnafledre, Principal Pope John Paul II High School
"We have now tested over 2000 heads of hair and the results in our school have been remarkable. Fewer than 2% of the students test positive for the first time and 98% of these do not test positive again. Detentions for fighting have been reduced by 85% and those for disruptive behavior decreased 65%. Mandatory drug testing works."
-Yvonne R. Gelpi, De La Salle
"I remain convinced that this is the best way to deter students from using drugs."
-Camille Anne Campbell, Principal Mount Carmel Academy
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