With the revenue from parking permits and new testing technology available, School Superintendent Will Schofield recommended a community meeting, then implementation.
"After that community meeting, we would adopt a policy and procedure for testing high school drivers randomly that come to our campuses," Schofield said.
Schofield said the message is there is no Hall County school where drugs are welcome.
"There's some new surface testing technology that lets us test everything from keyboards to steering wheels to football helmets that allows us to pick up even minute traces of drugs that are in students' systems," Schofield said.
Board member Nath Morris added the testing is not meant as punishment; it's meant as a deterrent.
WORLD LANGUAGE ACADEMY
School board members approved testing revisions that put the system on track for state charter school approval next month for the system's first World Language Academy.
School Improvement Specialist Gerald Boyd said he expects approval from the state Board of Education at its May meeting.
"The charter division really seems excited about this charter. They're helping us and giving us some pointers," Boyd said.
Boyd added that plans are to open the academy at the present Chestnut Mountain Elementary School in August. The system is also competing for a $200,000 charter school grant.
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