STUDENTS' RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED

Little by little, we have given up our civil liberties. We are handing over
our rights with a smile on our faces, trusting our very souls to the
government.

Now, once again, the issue of drug testing has come up in the public
schools. Frederick Douglass has already agreed to drug testing. Now, G.W.
Carver has joined the ranks of those who would allow their children to be
subjected to drug testing.

My concern is for the students. I know that there are many parents,
teachers, principals and administrators who believe that the students don't
have any rights, civil or otherwise. But if my child was attending one of
these schools, my concern would be to test the teachers, principals, office
and cafeteria workers, janitors and security guards at the school.

Who would pose the bigger threat to my child: the students who decide to
get high to escape the baloney they have to put up with at school, or the
grownups who are responsible for my child's grades, food, well-being,
safety, etc.?

These are the people I would want tested.

Willmarine B. Hurst, New Orleans