Scrapbook abuse: extracurricular drug testing.

• Author: Steigerwald, Lucy
• Position: Citings - Brief article

M. AND A. KIEDERER--two sisters in the seventh and ninth grades, respectively--want to participate in extracurricular activities at school, including the scrapbooking club, the drama club, and Junior Students Against Substance Abuse. But in Pike County, Pennsylvania, middle and high schoolers who want to take part in any officially recognized extracurricular activities must submit to random drug and alcohol testing. With help from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Kiederers and their parents successfully sued in March to block the requirement.

The suit argued that the district's policy--which applies not just to students who participate in extracurricular activities but to any student who drives to campus--was an unconstitutional violation of student privacy.

In 2002 the U.S...