PISD TO ADOPT DRUG POLICY

Student drug testing takes a place on the agenda Monday when Paris
Independent School District trustees meet.

More than a year in the making, drug testing for students
participating in extracurricular activities is expected to receive
final passage when the board meets at 5:30 p.m. in the administration
building. If approved, the policy would require students in grades
seven through 12 who compete in school-sponsored competitive
activities to be placed in a pool for random drug testing.

The policy represents a change from a proposed policy discussed a
year ago that called for high school students to be tested prior to
the first day of practice for a competitive activity.

Trustees also are to consider revisions to the district's discipline
management plan.

Other agenda items include: administrative reports; superintendent
recommendations regarding professional personnel; resolution
regarding review of the district's investment program; professional
services contract with the law firm Linebarger, Goggan, Blair &
Sampson; resolution approving independent sources of instruction
relating to investment responsibilities; interlocal participation
agreement for worker's compensation insurance; Upper East Texas Tech
Prep/School-To-Work Partnership agreement; nomination of Texas
Association of School Board director for Region 8; board member
committee assignments, and budget information.