CCISD Trustees discuss drug testing

Clarendon CISD will explore mandatory drug testing of students in extracurricular activities following last week’s meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Superintendent Rick Teran brought up the subject and asked trustees for their opinions on the idea. Each board member said they had not thought about it before but were open to having a discussion.

Teran said Childress adopted a policy several years ago and also said he had been talking to other schools to see what they are doing.

The program described by Teran would require all students participating in extracurricular activities to be drug tested at the beginning of the school year with random tests throughout the year afterwards. The estimated cost of the tests would be $19 per student.

Teran told the Enterprise that he doesn’t believe there is a big drug problem here but said the policy would help kids stay off drugs.

“It just gives them another reason to say ‘no’ if there’s a possibility that they might get drug tested,” he said.

Teran recommended the board appoint a committee in January to study the idea with the goal of adopting a policy next May to take effect in August 2026.