TEACHERS, ACLU SHOULD BE PROTECTING KIDS

So now the ACLU is getting involved in the teachers' union's fight
against drug testing (Star-Bulletin, Oct. 5). I really have to wonder
what it is that these people have to hide. Educators talk about "zero
tolerance" when it comes to drugs in our schools and yet here we are
in the midst of a crisis with drug abuse in schools and the very
people we entrust with our children are refusing to walk the walk.

Consider that there were six drug-related arrests of school
teachers/personnel in the span of six months. Six months! And those
were only the ones who got caught! And we have schools resisting
locker searches and drug-sniffing canines. Kids are carrying
marijuana, crystal meth and even cocaine onto our campuses. Anyone
who says different A) is in denial, B) doesn't work in a school, or
C) is completely and utterly out of touch with reality! Why doesn't
the ACLU fight to protect our children instead of drug-using and
drug-selling criminals who have slithered into our educational system?

Shawn Lathrop

Waikolua, Hawaii