STUDENTS FIGHT DRUG TESTING

OKLAHOMA CITY - Lindsay Earls is a member of Tecumseh High School's
choir, band and, like Daniel James, a classmate, the school academic
team, And they do not feel they should have to pass a drug test to
participate.

"It's like they're trying to protect us from something we're not
involved in," Miss Earls said. "Most of us in extracurricular
activities do not do drugs."

The two 16-year-old juniors are plaintiffs in a landmark federal
lawsuit that challenges the Tecumseh School District's policy
requiring students to submit to random drug tests as a condition of
participating in extracurricular activities.

The American Civil Liberties Union said the lawsuit is the firs to
challenge mandatory testing of students who participate in activities
tied to their regular courses.

In the lawsuit, the ACLU says refusal to take a drug test would bar
students from some classes for which they earn credit.