ANOTHER REASON TO REJECT MANDATORY DRUG TESTS

Regarding Steven Chapman's column "Schools to prison" [Opinion, June 6], as
a volunteer working with incarcerated juveniles, I have learned that there
can be fathers who introduce their children to illegal drug use and smoke
with them too -- surreptitiously, of course.

Therefore, I suggest that if the Lockney school district is serious about
their school policy of mandatory drug testing for all of their students,
let them drug test the parents first. If the drug test is positive, then
drug test the kid. Otherwise, leave the kid alone.

In my opinion, the father's rights in this particular case preempt the
rights of the school district.

Patricia K. Gaunt, Tustin