Can someone tell me how the testing process works? I read the new policy and it's fairly silent about this (although I guess come of this will be clarified at the parent meetings?) But, for example, when a child is pulled from class (and yes, I realize everyone will know that child is being taken to be drug tested), they go where (to the bathroom?) and with whom (I know it's someone of the same sex, although here we introduce gender identity issues, but is it a school nurse/teacher or someone from the testing service?). And then the child pees in a cup and hands the cup to that person? Who then does what with it? If that's the basic process, this feels fairly uncomfortable for a student to do. I don't want to get graphic but it's not real pleasant to pee in a cup and hand your urine to someone. Doing this is typically in a doctors setting with the two-way door and with trained clinicians (maybe that occurs here?). So, if anyone knows more about the process of what all will occur, that would be great.
I haven't heard anyone against the policy focused on their own/family image or in denial about drugs in school (or their own child's potential to use). I sense it's a privacy issue and simply seen as overreach. I have also heard people talk about it not being effective based on evidence or at least it being pretty unknown as to drug testing has any effect. I also sense people feel they are targeting groups of students rather than the problem (drugs are actually as common, maybe even more so, among kids that are NOT involved in school activities so why not randomly test the entire student body if they are truly trying to address a student drug problem).
But, my question is also about the process and the kids will experience so that we don't put kids in a very uncomfortable situation.