85 OF 88 DRUG TESTS ARE CLEAN AT LINCOLN

Students Who Drive, Play Sports Or Are In Activities Can Be Tested

EAST GERMANTOWN, Ind. - Of the 88 random drug tests conducted at
Lincoln High School throughout the past school year, three came back
positive for drugs.

In his report to the Western Wayne school board Monday, Chris Franz
of Sport Safe Testing Services, Inc. of Powell, Ohio, said 308
students were in the pool of students that could be randomly selected
by the testing lab. Because the students are selected randomly for
the urine tests, some students were tested more than once and only
74 different students were tested.

Franz said the tests detected marijuana or a prescription drug and
that one of the tests was a second positive for a student who had
tested positive on an earlier test.

Franz said parents are notified first to determine whether positive
tests are a result of prescribed medication. The school is notified
later.

The students in the random pool include athletes, students who drive
to school and students who participate in other extra-curricular activities.

During the 2004-05 school year, two out of 113 tests were positive
for drugs. In 2003-04, one of 89 tests was positive.