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School makes drug and alcohol policy changes
Aug 2, 2002 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
Darlington’s regulations regarding drugs and alcohol have been updated slightly this year in keeping with the School’s resolve to eliminate all student use of illegal drugs and alcohol.
Students in their first offense of the drug and alcohol policy will not be allowed to represent the School in any public performance, event, or competition, and may not attend practices for 14 days. Boarding students will be restricted to campus for that length of time, while day students will be restricted from campus when they are not in class or serving their penalty.
All first-offense students will serve in afternoon restriction, Monday through Thursday, from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. for the 14-day period. They will serve two eight-hour weekend detentions and will lose their day and night study hall exemptions. And, they may be required to have professional evaluation at their parent’s expense and to enter into treatment as needed.
First offense students will also lose their driving privileges for 12 school weeks, and for the remainder of the school year, they will lose membership on the Honor Council, “Y” Cabinet, House Senate, Discipline Committee, Academic Committee, and Student Support Team. They will also lose any prefect position, senior class office, and team captaincy during the current season that they may hold.
The penalty for a second offense remains the same and is quite simple: the student will be dismissed from school.
Prior to registration for the second year in a row, all Upper School students will be required to submit a Comprehensive Urine Drug Screen indicating a negative result for the presence of illegal substances and/or the verification of a prescription for the use of controlled substances.
A change for this year is that, when there are reasonable grounds to believe that a student has violated any of the regulations, the School may require a hair test to determine if the student has used a controlled substance such as an illegal drug. The hair test is much accurate in identifying drugs in a person’s system more than other tests typically used.
The full text for the current drug and alcohol policy may be found in the "Student Handbook" in the Handbooks section of this Web site.
Students in their first offense of the drug and alcohol policy will not be allowed to represent the School in any public performance, event, or competition, and may not attend practices for 14 days. Boarding students will be restricted to campus for that length of time, while day students will be restricted from campus when they are not in class or serving their penalty.
All first-offense students will serve in afternoon restriction, Monday through Thursday, from 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. for the 14-day period. They will serve two eight-hour weekend detentions and will lose their day and night study hall exemptions. And, they may be required to have professional evaluation at their parent’s expense and to enter into treatment as needed.
First offense students will also lose their driving privileges for 12 school weeks, and for the remainder of the school year, they will lose membership on the Honor Council, “Y” Cabinet, House Senate, Discipline Committee, Academic Committee, and Student Support Team. They will also lose any prefect position, senior class office, and team captaincy during the current season that they may hold.
The penalty for a second offense remains the same and is quite simple: the student will be dismissed from school.
Prior to registration for the second year in a row, all Upper School students will be required to submit a Comprehensive Urine Drug Screen indicating a negative result for the presence of illegal substances and/or the verification of a prescription for the use of controlled substances.
A change for this year is that, when there are reasonable grounds to believe that a student has violated any of the regulations, the School may require a hair test to determine if the student has used a controlled substance such as an illegal drug. The hair test is much accurate in identifying drugs in a person’s system more than other tests typically used.
The full text for the current drug and alcohol policy may be found in the "Student Handbook" in the Handbooks section of this Web site.
