Historical education-policy report, published from archived WKRG coverage.
Mobile County Public Schools was considering a drug-testing program for high school students in 2008, according to an archived WKRG report.
A committee of school and community leaders met to discuss whether such a program should be adopted and how it might work. Superintendent Roy Nichols said Baldwin County’s program could serve as a model. The proposal could have applied to students involved in activities such as sports and to those who drove and parked on campus.
WKRG reported that 249 Mobile County students had been suspended that school year for bringing marijuana or another controlled substance onto campus. Nichols said any program would require parent and student agreements, and no final adoption decision had been made at the time.
This is a historical policy discussion, not a statement of current school policy.