The Laredo Independent School District and Webb County Constable Rudy Rodriguezs office will create a narcotics task force to combat the flow of drugs in LISD schools. At a Thursday board meeting, trustees voted to draft a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow Rodriguez to select at least two LISD police officers to join two of his deputies. The task force will use K-9 dog units to make LISD schools "a drug free zone," Rodriguez told board members. Roughly 90 percent of all LISD schools fall within his precinct. [continues 699 words]
The business committee of United Independent School District agreed Wednesday to recommend to the full board at their next regular meeting the awarding of a contract to perform mandatory and random drug testing of employees and students. The recommendation, at the full board meeting Dec. 15, will be for a three-year contract to Laredo Urgent Care, headed by Dr. Oscar Lightner. Lightner was selected out of six companies that submitted proposals for the contract. UISD solicited proposals from 30 companies, Purchasing Director Cordelia Flores said. [continues 619 words]
