Random drug testing moves forward

Random drug testing may become a reality for student drivers, athletes, ROTC members and fine arts student in Floyd County's two public high schools. School board members talked about the status of a committee looking into implementing the drug testing, another committee is studying school uniforms and setting their own school board goals. For $6,000 the district could test 15 or so students from Floyd Central and New Albany high schools; the assistant to the superintendent said he expects about 90 students a year to be tested from each school