Ord Public Schools is investigating the advantages of offering random mandatory drug testing for students involved in all extracurricular and co-curricular activities in the 2017-18 school year.
This includes all sports, fine arts/music, service learning organizations, dance team and cheerleading.
Athletic Director Derry Trampe says this is becoming more common in schools around the state of Nebraska. There will be an informational meeting for Jr and Sr High 7-12 grade parents, guardians and students at the school on Monday, Aug. 7 at 7:00 pm at the new gym.
The program will be coordinated between Ord Public Schools and a third Party Administrator, SportSafe. SportSafe would be responsible for providing a Medical Review Officer who randomly selects the students utilizing the computer program, coordinating the testing with the school and sending the tests to the lab for analysis. There are instances where a prescription medication would show up on the results but are not a problem if it is confirmed by the parent.
