SCHOOL OFFICIALS AGREE TO RANDOM DRUG TESTS

TWIN FALLS - Administrators in the Twin Falls School District have agreed
to random drug testing.

At the district's first meeting of the school year Wednesday, the
principals themselves initiated the concept, Superintendent Terrell Donicht
said.

The move comes in the wake of the arrest and resignation of Mary Lee
Roberts, former principal of Bickel Elementary School, who pleaded guilty
this past week to a charge of possession of a controlled substance.

Roberts was suspected of mailing herself a pound of marijuana from a Texas
post office.

Donicht said other principals were upset at the negative light cast upon
the district and its employees.

"The motivation is to show to the public that nothing is going on here; we
are models for your children," Donicht said.

There were no objections to the suggestion, he said.

"I was kind of surprised they jumped on the issue the way they did because
frankly, I don't think it's necessary," Donicht said. "They're aware that
they don't have to do this."

Donicht said he wants to speak to other district employees, teachers and
classified staff to see if they would also like to participate.

A new policy of random drug tests for student athletes is already slated to
begin this school year.