Drug Sweep

As many of you know, on Thursday 5 February we invited a team of law enforcement officers in to conduct a search of NCCS using a dog trained to uncover illegal substances. We are pleased to be able to report that while the dog showed interest in a few work stations, there were no illegal drugs discovered on the premises. While this is good news, we are not naive enough to believe that this means that our school is drug free and that none of our students are involved in this activity. We will continue to work in helping staff and students understand the importance of avoiding this type of destructive activity and will continue to implement procedures to eliminate this in our school. On the day before this took place, our staff were trained by county workers in the identification and detection of illegal substances and in effective ways to talk with students whom they suspect are involved in these activities. We had the same session for parents on the night of the search which unfortunately was not well attended. Parents, we need your help in this area. We as school employees have responsibilities to detect and eliminate this type of activity during students’ time at school, but as you all know, this activity takes place outside of the school doors as well. Please be vigilant and be willing to challenge your child if you see activity that would be indicative of illegal substance abuse. As partners we will be able to help our students better avoid the negative spiral that takes place when adolescents get involved in this type of destructive activity.