Should Colorado Teachers be drug tested before being hired?

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    Should Colorado Teachers be drug tested before being hired?

    Two teachers have been arrested in the past week after incidents involving drugs or alcohol. Colorado teachers are not given a drug test before being hired. Now many are asking if that's an acceptable policy for people taking care of our children. "People who are educating our students, we hold to a higher standard," said Tracy Rudnick, spokesperson for Adams Weld School District 27-J. But when we say "higher," do we mean that literally? "One bad apple is not going to ruin the whole bunch," Rudnick said. That may be true, but in the past week, two bad apples have ...


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