The proposal would allow parents to decide if children who signed up for an extra curricular activity or for parking privileges would be allowed to be [...]]]> Bernards school board may allow parents of Ridge High School students to place their child in a pool for random drug testing, according to a report from the Daily Record.

The proposal would allow parents to decide if children who signed up for an extra curricular activity or for parking privileges would be allowed to be tested, but at least one parent expressed concern that the voluntary program would eventually become mandatory if people participated. NJ.com community members are reacting to the news.

From box211:

” ‘One parent at the meeting expressed concern that the voluntary program would eventually become mandatory if people participated’

“Huh? What is the downside to this? There should be no problem unless the kids are using drugs, no? Do they want their kids to have the option to use drugs and still participate in school.”

NJ.com member upnatem had this to say:

“Schools shouldn’t be drug testing students, they should be educating them. In a time when schools can’t fund what’s needed for education, why in the heck are they spending money on drug testing? It’s a school, not a prison. Oh, I forgot. The companies that sell the test kits stand to make a lot of money. And the drug counselors, rehab programs, etc. all stand to make big money too.”

Via: nj.com