Historical report preserved from an archived 2008 WKRG story.
The Mobile County School Board was scheduled to consider a proposal in 2008 to drug test certain students at four schools: Vigor and Theodore high schools and Burns and Denton middle schools.
Superintendent Roy Nichols recommended testing students involved in extracurricular activities, those who drove vehicles on campus and students whose parents voluntarily enrolled them.
Under the proposal, a first positive test would have meant a 30-day loss of extracurricular eligibility and campus driving privileges, along with encouragement to participate in drug-education programs with parents. The plan called for urine testing by an outside firm.
Board member Ken Megginson said the proposal was intended as prevention. The report said the initial funding was expected to come from local law-enforcement drug funds, with expansion to the system’s other high schools planned for the spring semester. This article records a proposal and does not state whether it was adopted or remains in effect.