In an effort to ensure that we provide the safest environment possible for all students, the high school will be working with law enforcement this year to implement unannounced drug detection searches by trained dogs. The attached policy will answer questions you may have regarding the procedures that will be used.

The gist of our policy is:

o The district will cooperate with law enforcement officers who use trained dogs to sniff district-owned public areas and items in those areas. This includes lockers, unoccupied classrooms, unattended bags, etc..

o There will be no sniffing of individual students or occupied classrooms.

o Should a dog alert, normal search procedures will be used to ascertain the reason for the dog’s reaction.