Pubdate: Tue, 11 Jul 2006
Source: Palladium-Item (IN)
Copyright: 2006 Palladium-Item
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Author: Natalie Root
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85 OF 88 DRUG TESTS ARE CLEAN AT LINCOLN

Students Who Drive, Play Sports Or Are In Activities  Can Be Tested

EAST GERMANTOWN, Ind. - Of the 88 random drug tests  conducted at
Lincoln High School throughout the past  school year, three came back
positive for drugs.

In his report to the Western Wayne school board Monday,  Chris Franz
of Sport Safe Testing Services, Inc. of  Powell, Ohio, said 308
students were in the pool of  students that could be randomly selected
by the testing  lab. Because the students are selected randomly for
the  urine tests, some students were tested more than once  and only
74 different students were tested.

Franz said the tests detected marijuana or a  prescription drug and
that one of the tests was a  second positive for a student who had
tested positive  on an earlier test.

Franz said parents are notified first to determine  whether positive
tests are a result of prescribed  medication. The school is notified
later.

The students in the random pool include athletes,  students who drive
to school and students who  participate in other extra-curricular activities.

During the 2004-05 school year, two out of 113 tests  were positive
for drugs. In 2003-04, one of 89 tests  was positive.
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