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Superior High PledgeMakers ask board to restore random drug testing and increase budget after anti-vaping work
Summary
Student leaders and public-health partners briefed the school board on PledgeMakers’ prevention work, city vape-shop limits they helped advance, retail assessments and asked the board to reinstate random drug testing and increase the club budget by $3,000.
Student leaders from PledgeMakers and a regional public-health partner told the Superior School District board on Monday that the student-run prevention group has helped push local policy changes and needs modest district support to sustain programming.
At the meeting, Alton Morsey, identified as president of PledgeMakers, outlined the group’s student-led events and outreach and said the organization now counts about 600 signed members who pledge to remain drug- and alcohol-free during high school. Charmaine Swan, who identified herself as a coordinator with the American Lung Association and the Northwest Wisconsin Lung Health Alliance, described a yearlong partnership with the students to expand…
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