Extra-Curricular Drug Testing Process

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Extra-CurricularDrug Testing Process

• Midway High School
• Midway Middle School

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The purpose of this process is NOT to catch a
student using drugs, but instead to give students
a valid reason for choosing to NOT use drugs,
tobacco or alcohol. You, the student, have the
power and the right to choose Panther sports,
clubs and EC activities over illegal drugs!
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Random Selection

• A database of all students participating in
  extracurricular programs is submitted to the
  company that performs our drug tests. The company
  randomly chooses the list of students to be
  tested each month.
• Students selected one month will still be in the
  testing pool for the following month and could
  possibly be chosen again.

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Testing Area

• The testing areas will be segregated by gender.
• The testing areas will be located out of the
  mainstream area of the school
• Personnel from the drug-testing laboratory shall
  collect urine samples under conditions that are
  no more intrusive than the conditions experienced
  in a public restroom

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Reporting to testing area

• Report immediately to the testing area when you
  receive your hall pass
• Bring your ID!! A school issued ID or drivers
  license must be shown for proof of identity
• You will be checked in by a MISD staff member and
  will then be directed to a testing company
  employee who will explain the procedure for
  specimen collection
• Once collected, the specimen remains in the
  custody of the testing company with appropriate
  paperwork

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What if I cant go?

• Students are provided water to drink, and
  instructed to walk and remain active to help
  produce sample needed
• Students remain in the testing area under
  supervision for up to 2 hours from check-in.
• After the two hour window, student will be
  escorted
• to the APs office to contact parent/guardian
• A student who refuses to be tested when selected
  or who is determined to have tampered with a
  sample shall be issued an automatic positive
  result and will be subject to the same
  consequences as if a positive test had resulted.
  If a student is absent on the day of the random
  test, a sample shall be collected on the next
  random testing date.

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Positive Results

• The Drug Testing company contacts school
  coordinator with the names of students with
  positive results.
• If student is in athletics, the head coach will
  be notified of positive result and will contact
  parent/guardian. If student is not in athletics,
  MHS principal will be notified of positive result
  and will notify sponsor of extra-curricular
  activity.
• Some positive tests are a result of prescribed
  medication parents will be asked to confirm that
  the medication is indeed a prescribed medication
  from a medical doctor

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Positive Results cont.

• Positive results from cocaine and marijuana do
  not have a medical equivalent and are what they
  are!
• If a parent asks that a second test be done for
  confirmation, it will be at the parents expense
  and at a certified lab of their choice. The same
  72 hr./3 working day window applies for this
  process as well.

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When a Student Tests Positive

• Student will be issued a strike and will be
  suspended for 10 of their upcoming
  extracurricular events.
• Student will be drug tested for the next three
  random periods.
• If a student tests positive again within the next
  3 periods, a 2nd strike will be issued and
  student will be unable to participate in any
  extracurricular activities for one calendar year
  from the date of the 2nd strike.

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Epilogue

• If your friends do not or cannot value your
  decision to NOT do drugs, tobacco or alcohol,
  then the question for you isdo they valueyou?
• Your choices matter everyday 24/7and those
  choices define you as a person.