Abby Normal Again
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Here's another little tid-bit that you all should really - factually - find out about your individual districts.
Our school district here does not pre-employment drug test teachers. Yep. You read that right. Everyone else here is. Cafeteria workers, custodians, clerical staff in the office, etc. But teachers, substitutes and principals are not.
I know - it truly is unbelievable. I've told people and they call me a liar - I tell them to go make some phone calls and they usually get back to me with a "sorry".
Its a teacher's union thing - I don't get it - never have - never will. As a parent it bugged the hello outta me that my child was safer with the cafeteria lady than she was with her teacher in the classroom all day.
I have looked at schools all around the country - some do - some don't. There are quite a few districts now in Florida that do. But there are still a lot that don't. And that's everywhere.
I'm talking about drug tests - not background checks. Background checks are pretty mandatory all over the country. But - FGS you can't get a job at McDonald's nowadays without taking a drug test - yet here, in sunny South FloriDUH your kids teacher isn't required to do that.
Make any sense?
So, in your discussions with principals and districts - that's a question I would be asking and making sure I understood it as a "yes they are" or "no they aren't" answer.
Most professional jobs do not have drug testing. At that point they consider your livelihood to be your preventative. You've invested years into your education and career, and presumably aren't going to be flippant with your investment.
It does not bother me at all that our teachers don't get drug tested. Is that weird? I've also never asked my doctor, responsible for my life, to submit to a drug test.
I don't know, doesn't bother me at all.
OTOH- I totally agree about the different security issues you mentioned in another post. When we do fire drills and such, I always have the same thoughts of us all being vulnerable. There are so many ways to look at it, and there doesn't seem to be a good one size fits all solution that society would be willing to invest in.
