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Drug Testing
Near the end of the 2022-23 school year, 354 of our students took part in a program in which a sample of hair the width of a pencil tip was tested for nicotine, marijuana, cocaine, opioids, phencyclidine, and amphetamines. Forty-five students did not have a sufficient sample of hair and were unable to be tested. We are working with the company and our hair stylists to improve samples for the upcoming school year. Of the 309 students who had hair samples sufficient for
testing, 284 students were negative for the drugs indicated. The remaining twenty-five students tested positive for at least one of the drugs mentioned above with eighteen testing positive for nicotine and seven testing positive for marijuana. We have contacted or will be contacting all families of students who tested positive.
To provide an environment that is healthy for students, we must maintain strictly enforced rules concerning the possession and use of mood-modifying chemicals. Students may not consume, sell, deliver, transmit or have in their possession alcohol, cigarettes, or products with nicotine, any mood-modifying chemicals, JUULS/Vapes, controlled substances, look-alike drugs, or drug-related paraphernalia while in school or on school property or while attending a school activity. Elyria Catholic High School recognizes that nicotine and drug dependency is a treatable disease and will extend to the student and their family all the support that is available.
Please carefully review the drug-testing policy in the 2022-23 Student Handbook that has been uploaded to Final Forms. We look forward to partnering with you to ensure that your teens are safe and healthy and are part of a safe and healthy community.
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