STUDENTS GET SAY ON HOW TO STOP DRUG TRADE

THE Winnipeg School Division is turning to students for ideas on how to
stop the sale and use of drugs in city schools.

"We see a lot of ways we need input from the students themselves to deal
with this issue," said Liz Ambrose, chairwoman of the Winnipeg School
Division. "It would be worthwhile for us to hear how they perceive this
issue and how they think we'd best resolve it."

Ambrose said the division is establishing a youth advisory committee that
will be composed of junior high and high school students from across the
division.

She said she expects the committee's first task will be advising the board
on student drug use in light of the drug bust made at Kelvin High School
Friday afternoon.

"We need to review the effectiveness of the messages and education we're
giving to students in this area," Ambrose said. "It would be helpful for us
to hear what kind of education they'd like to see in place."

Five Kelvin High School students were taken out of their classes by vice
officers on Friday after a two-week undercover sting operation caught kids
openly selling marijuana and ecstasy during school hours.

Police were also to arrest four other students who were not at school Friday