[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. I do believe Wal-Mart has such a policy as well as some fast food restaurants. Truckers are tested in the interest of safety. . . .not because they are under the same scrutiny as criminals. To make such a statement is almost as demeaning as the drug test itself. But if burger-flippers are subject to testing, why not Teachers? We put our children in their care. How about health care providers? They've got prescription drugs at their fingertips. . . . is grandma in the nursing home really getting her fair share? Police officers.....? You bet. After they passed a few tests the public wouldn't be as inclined to make snide remarks about drugs disappearing from the evidence room...wink, wink. Even the world's largest employer, Uncle 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. . . . . </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>>From: Andreas Schou <SCHO8053@UIDAHO.EDU>
<DIV></DIV>>To: Shirley Pissdoff <SPISSDOFF@HOTMAIL.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>CC: vision2020@moscow.com
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] RE: outrage in our schools
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:48:24 -0800
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<DIV></DIV>>----- Original Message -----
<DIV></DIV>>From: Shirley Pissdoff <SPISSDOFF@HOTMAIL.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:37 pm
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: [Vision2020] RE: outrage in our schools
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<DIV></DIV>> > For me to divulge who I am or any other information would risk my
<DIV></DIV>> > daughters. This person has contact with my children on a daily
<DIV></DIV>> > basis. This is not a hoax as some of you seem to believe. I have
<DIV></DIV>> > been accused of being "dougie" although no one can tell me who
<DIV></DIV>> > this is. Let me restate that it is not retribution to me, but to
<DIV></DIV>> > my children.
<DIV></DIV>> > As for facts, what I can give you is follows:
<DIV></DIV>> > This person was employed by the PD as a probation officer who
<DIV></DIV>> > would go "hunting", (for lack of a better word) for kids on
<DIV></DIV>> > probation who would violate their terms of parole. Usually at
<DIV></DIV>> > night, he would search for parties. It was first brought to my
<DIV></DIV>> > attention by a young adult that he in fact had "gotten high" with
<DIV></DIV>> > this person. I do not know if this young man was a parolee or
<DIV></DIV>> > not.
<DIV></DIV>> > Please understand that I am not looking for any other answers to
<DIV></DIV>> > this problem other than getting the school district to do
<DIV></DIV>> > mandatory drug testing.
<DIV></DIV>> > Also, to Tom Hansen and Lujane, I have made my statements to the
<DIV></DIV>> > MPD, at 9:00 am to Officer Miller. I spoke with Dr. Donicht on
<DIV></DIV>> > Friday at the school district office at 9:30 am and I also emailed
<DIV></DIV>> > Dr. Marilyn Howard at the state level of education and was
<DIV></DIV>> > politely turned down by all three as it was an out of sight, out
<DIV></DIV>> > of mind issue. These people to me are an influential part of my
<DIV></DIV>> > childrens future in Moscow School district, and if they dont want
<DIV></DIV>> > to be a part of the problem, then I feel they should at least be
<DIV></DIV>> > part of the solution. Again I state my question. How do I get
<DIV></DIV>> > our school district to do mandatory drug testing?
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<DIV></DIV>>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>>As to your specific situation:
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<DIV></DIV>>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>>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>>And Vision2020 probably isn't the place to rant about it, either.
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<DIV></DIV>>-- ACS
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