[Vision2020] RE: outrage in our schools

Ellen Roskovich gussie443@hotmail.com
Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:14:01 -0800


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<P><STRONG><FONT color=#660099>Drug testing has become quite commonplace in today's workforce.&nbsp; I do believe Wal-Mart has such a policy as well as some fast food restaurants.&nbsp; Truckers are tested in the interest of safety. . . .not because they are under the same scrutiny as criminals.&nbsp; To make such a statement is almost as demeaning as the drug test itself.&nbsp;&nbsp; But if burger-flippers are subject to testing, why not Teachers?&nbsp; We put our children in their care.&nbsp; How about health care providers?&nbsp; They've got prescription drugs at their fingertips. . . . is grandma in the nursing home really getting her fair share?&nbsp; Police officers.....?&nbsp; You bet.&nbsp; After they passed a few tests the public wouldn't be as inclined to make snide remarks about&nbsp;drugs disappearing from the evidence room...wink, wink.&nbsp;&nbsp;Even the world's largest employer, Uncle&nbsp;Sam, gets into the act by routinely testing the military. . . . and pr!
 obably shouldn't stop there but take it all the way to the Oval Office. . . . . &nbsp;</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT color=#660099>E.A. Roskovich, Moscow, ID</FONT></STRONG></P><STRONG><FONT color=#660099></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Andreas Schou <SCHO8053@UIDAHO.EDU>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: Shirley Pissdoff <SPISSDOFF@HOTMAIL.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;CC: vision2020@moscow.com 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Re: [Vision2020] RE: outrage in our schools 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:48:24 -0800 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;----- Original Message ----- 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Shirley Pissdoff <SPISSDOFF@HOTMAIL.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:37 pm 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: [Vision2020] RE: outrage in our schools 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; For me to divulge who I am or any other information would risk my 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; daughters.&nbsp;&nbsp;This person has contact with my children on a daily 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; basis.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is not a hoax as some of you seem to believe.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; been accused of being "dougie" although no one can tell me who 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; this is.&nbsp;&nbsp;Let me restate that it is not retribution to me, but to 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; my children. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; As for facts,&nbsp;&nbsp;what I can give you is follows: 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; This person was employed by the PD as a probation officer who 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; would go "hunting", (for lack of a better word) for kids on 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; probation who would violate their terms of parole. Usually at 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; night, he would search for parties.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was first brought to my 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; attention by a young adult that he in fact had "gotten high" with 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; this person.&nbsp;&nbsp; I do not know if this young man was a parolee or 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; not. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Please understand that I am not looking for any other answers to 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; this problem other than getting the school district to do 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; mandatory drug testing. 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Also, to Tom Hansen and Lujane, I have made my statements to the 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; MPD, at 9:00 am to Officer Miller.&nbsp;&nbsp;I spoke with Dr. Donicht on 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Friday at the school district office at 9:30 am and I also emailed 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; Dr. Marilyn Howard at the state level of education and was 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; politely turned down by all three as it was an out of sight, out 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; of mind issue.&nbsp;&nbsp;These people to me are an influential part of my 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; childrens future in Moscow School district, and if they dont want 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; to be a part of the problem, then I feel they should at least be 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; part of the solution.&nbsp;&nbsp;Again I state my question.&nbsp;&nbsp;How do I get 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; &gt; our school district to do mandatory drug testing? 
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 
<DIV></DIV>&gt;What you're asking is this: that it is a compelling interest of the state to force its employees to participate in intrusive and degrading urinalysis tests, not just as a condition of employment, but on a regular basis throughout their employment. Our teachers are to be subject to the same level of scrutiny as criminals themselves. I'm not suggesting that teachers should be on drugs; rather, I'm suggesting that an intrusive searches should /never/ be a condition of employment. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;As to your specific situation: 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Rumors spread by people on probation -- who, mind you, have a compelling interest in getting their POs in trouble -- are not sufficient evidence to do anything other than "talk to" the individual. I don't know if you're familiar with the standard of evidence required to receive a search warrant, but a probationer's unsupported allegation simply isn't enough to make that step to the next level: there has to be actual evidence. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;The "facts" you cite are rumors. They come from a single source who has a compelling interest in lying. This doesn't mean that your source /is/ lying, simply that you are wasting your time, defaming your target, and annoying the police by moving forward without any sort of evidence whatsoever. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;And Vision2020 probably isn't the place to rant about it, either. 
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;-- ACS 
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