The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board decided last night to reduce the number of random drug tests for students involved in extracurricular activities.
The board voted to lower the percentage of students tested from 33 percent to 20 percent to lower the costs of the drug-testing program.
A federal drug-testing grant awarded to the school system will run out this fall.
That means that the system will have to spend about $30,000 to cover the costs of testing even 20 percent of students involved in extracurricular activities, school officials said.
The school board reduced the percentage of random student testing as part of its extension of the school system’s contract with the Partnership for a Drug-Free N.C. Inc. for the It’s My Call and It’s Our Call drug programs.
Kathy Jordan, the program coordinator for Safe and Drug Free Schools, told the school board last night that drug-testing research shows that random testing of 20 percent of students involved in extracurricular activities will be effective in deterring drug use.
Jordan also said that random testing is just one of several methods the system uses to hinder drug use.
“It’s one part of a fairly comprehensive pie,” she said.
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