RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEGINS ITS RANDOM DRUG TESTING PROGRAM FOR STUDENT ATHLETES THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR. THE SCHOOL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE PROGRAM EARLY THIS WEEK FOR ATHLETES IN GRADES 8 THROUGH 12.
DISTRICT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR BRUCE CARVER FEELS IT’S A GOOD PROGRAM … BUT NOTES RIO RANCHO SCHOOLS AREN’T THE FIRST IN THE AREA TO IMPLEMENT RANDOM DRUG TESTING. HE SAYS A DOZEN SCHOOLS IN NEW MEXICO HAVE SIMILAR PROGRAMS … INCLUDING ST. PIUS IN ALBUQUERQUE AND ST. MICHAEL’S IN SANTA FE.
CARVER TELLS US HE HAS SOME EXPERIENCE WITH RANDOM DRUG TESTING AT A PREVIOUS SCHOOL AND FOUND IT WAS GOOD FOR STUDENT ATHLETES.
