Today, less than 20 of Pennsylvania’s 501 school districts have policies about testing prospective employees for drug use. However, when this testing was proposed to three of our local districts, Dallas and Crestwood and Pittston Area, only Dallas and Crestwood agreed to adopt the testing. Both districts pay for the tests, which typically look for marijuana, amphetamines, opiates, PCP and cocaine. Test prices range from $35 to more than $100, depending on the number of drugs tested.
These drug tests should be considered crucial for all teachers in Pennsylvania, especially in Luzerne County, with it’s high crime rate and excessive drug trafficking. So why is Pittston Area at such a level of hesitation to adopt the process of testing it’s teachers? Pittston Area’s school board attorney Mark Singer expressed that the schools highest concerns are: the amount of time the tests will take, test results becoming a public matter and if mistakes in the lab that may ruin an individual’s reputation.
I’m sure Mr. Singer believes that his reasons behind not adopting this drug-testing policy are relevant, but when it comes right down to it, the safety of Luzerne Country’s students is of most importance here. Local residents pay consistently raising taxes so that these students can go to school and receive a proper education, which does not include being taught by a teacher who is under any type of influence.
If Pittston Area truly has nothing to hide, then they should decide to undergo the drug-testing process before any more suspicions arise. By joining other local schools in the drug-testing policy, Pittston Area will be putting any discussion to rest as to why they haven’t already underwent the testing. Teachers are hired to not only guide students academically, but to work as a role model to their students and prepare them for their future. Any teacher who would actually undergo any type of drug use should not be working in the profession where their job is to mold and shape the mind’s of growing students.
Brittney Williams
Wilkes University 10'
Communications
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