Passing On Tests

The Worcester School Committee has taken the prudent approach in declining
to institute random drug testing for students, a recent Supreme Court
ruling notwithstanding.

The court ruled in an Oklahoma case that drug testing of high school
students involved in sports and other extracurricular activities is
constitutional.

The court correctly ruled that schools have the authority to conduct drug
testing if the need arises. Absent that need, Worcester schools are doing
the right thing.