KOSCIUSKO —
Kosciusko City School Board members were given a draft of the drug testing policy by Superintendent Dr. Tony McGee during their meeting February 11.
Students, who participate in extracurricular activities or drive a vehicle on campus, would be randomly selected for a drug test.
McGee hopes to have the policy in place in March or April with testing beginning in August.
He encouraged the board to give feedback to him at the March 4 meeting.
There was also some discussion about using a urine or hair analysis drug test.
A urine test would cost $22-26 while a hair test would be $36-40.
Administrators for the upcoming school year were approved. They are: Jonathan Carnes, Lee Doty, Thomas Brooks, Roger Hill, Shane Rogers, Cassandra Fulton, John Mark Cain, Michelle Nowell, Presley Tate, Jerrelyn Jackson and Dewayne Cade.
The March meeting has been moved to the fourth of the month due to the Spring Break holiday.
Lindsey Dew was hired as an occupational therapist for the remaining school year and an amendment to the Special Education Project was made to accommodate her salary.
The board also approved the following:
–Hiring of James Crittenden as a bus shop assistant
– The technology plan for the upcoming school year.
–Financial report for January.
–Travel for Beth Moss and Josie Bain to attend a conference in Jackson.
–Dawn Kerr, Christie McGee, Lori Quillin and Sandra Shivers to attend Common Core Stat Standards meeting in Jackson.
–Dustin Horne, Penny Mitchell, and Suzanne Pinkard to attend the MMS Science Strategy Training in Meridian.
–Jerrelyn Jackson and Misty Holder to attend Spring Recruitment Day at Jackson State University.
–Pacey Regan, Katrina Overstreet, Semone Olive and Lisa Ray to attend Pathways to Success in Starkville.
–Alisha Johnson, Sally Landrum and Jennie Cook to attend MAPS annual conference in Gulfport.
–Kosciusko Upper Elementary students on the superintendent’s list for the third nine weeks to attend the Mississippi Braves game in Jackson.
–Beth Ramage to attend Common Core Math in Jackson.
–Cain to attend Learning for Student Achievement Workshop in Meridian.
–Regina Biggers and Beth Ramage to attend Strategies for Reading and Writing in Meridian.
–Golf, track, and tennis schedules for the school year.
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