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Parents described behavior in the schools as being “at its worst” and called for teachers from the old fashioned mold who taught respect. They described' drug use as “a mark of the time," maintained it as impossible to stamp out entirely and called searches of private automobiles and lockers for drugs and alcohol “an invasion of privacy.”
Parents also maintained that the money spent on the drug and alcohol survey could have been put to better use in attempting to achieve quality education. They also described the drug situation here as much better than in Fairfax schools, asked that more help be given students during suspension and after readmittance and applauded the school board for referring students to the mental health clinic for assistance in dealing with suspected drug and alcohol problems.
Suggestions on lessening ij the incidence of drug and alcohol in the schools ranged from a ban on student driving to a return to prayer and Bible study as part of the curriculum.
Parents asked who was paving the bill for the drug and alcohol survey, described as “this fiasco," and urged the school board to proceed with work on the capital improvements program for the schools.
Students wrote that the drug problem in RCHS is now here near the magitude of that in other schools and
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