Lockney High School (Alex Driggars/Floyd County Record)
LOCKNEY – A school drug testing policy that once received national attention could soon undergo revisions.
Lockney ISD’s board debated for nearly an hour Tuesday evening on what if any changes needed to be made to their current protocols before ultimately deciding to not take any action that night. “We understand there need to be some changes and make them,” Superintendent Jim Baum said after the board tabled discussion. Baum will now meet with administrators and testing partners to hear concerns and map out what if any changes the district will recommend to the board.
The board will next meet on November 28 at 5:30 p.m.
Currently any student involved in extracurricular activities are subject to testing on a random basis during the school year. The district’s initial policy included all students before it was struck down in 2001 by the U.S. District Court in Lubbock. That case became the basis of “Larry v. Lockney,” a documentary that aired on PBS in 2003.
Other items discussed in Tuesday’s meeting included money paid for a new notification app for students, faculty and parents that will be rolled out. Baum tells the Record the app will help with communication since the district has so many buildings spread out over a multi-block campus.
The district currently has 409 students enrolled through 12th grade, and the board and Baum praised the Longhorn Band and Dr. Robert Rumbelow for making UIL Area Marching on October 29. If the band advances to UIL State Marching, they will perform at the San Antonio Alamodome on November 8. The board also learned that due to lack of officiants the final Varsity football game of the regular season at Bovina would be moved to Thursday, November 3.
