MAPLE PARK — Kane County Sheriff drug dogs on a routine sweep through the student parking lot at Kaneland High School Friday netted five vehicles as positive for marijuana, officials said.
Superintendent Charles McCormick said three students had trace amounts in their vehicles and two student-athletes had enough to affect their participation in their sports.
"In the three cars with trace amounts, those students were talked to with no further consequences," McCormick said. "One car had a bit more but not enough for charges. But this is an athlete, so there will be a code of conduct. A fifth student who is an athlete had a bit more — a chargeable amount — so there will be a station adjustment, school discipline and code of conduct."
Code of conduct is a set of guidelines included in the student handbook, which holds athletes to a higher standard for various infractions, including drug possession. McCormick said the typical punishment for conduct infraction is not being able to participate in some athletic events.
McCormick would not say what sports the two athletes were involved in.
Athletes with a trace amount of marijuana would typically face 10-day suspensions, McCormick said.
But because the students with more than trace amounts of marijuana agreed to counseling, their suspensions were reduced to five days, McCormick said. Their parents also agreed to counseling, he said.
According to state statutes, juveniles who commit offenses can have a station adjustment that could require a curfew, community service work or other terms.
Two dogs from the Kane County Sheriff's canine unit checked 75 percent of the student parking lot about noon on Friday, spokesman Lt. Pat Gengler said.
No charges were filed, he said.
"We did not find anything anyone was arrested for," Gengler said. "Anything we found was handled administratively."
Gengler said canine units do sniff checks of parking lots and schools periodically. No one was being targeted in connection with the Kaneland search, he said.
"We just went out and did a search," Gengler said. "The dogs will hit on cars with something drug related or recently smoked in. They found enough to cause drug dogs to indicate something was going on there."
Gengler said sometimes just smoking marijuana in a car is enough to trigger a reaction from a drug dog.
"Their noses are pretty good," Gengler said.
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Superintendent Charles McCormick said three students had trace amounts in their vehicles and two student-athletes had enough to affect their participation in their sports.
"In the three cars with trace amounts, those students were talked to with no further consequences," McCormick said. "One car had a bit more but not enough for charges. But this is an athlete, so there will be a code of conduct. A fifth student who is an athlete had a bit more — a chargeable amount — so there will be a station adjustment, school discipline and code of conduct."
Code of conduct is a set of guidelines included in the student handbook, which holds athletes to a higher standard for various infractions, including drug possession. McCormick said the typical punishment for conduct infraction is not being able to participate in some athletic events.
McCormick would not say what sports the two athletes were involved in.
Athletes with a trace amount of marijuana would typically face 10-day suspensions, McCormick said.
But because the students with more than trace amounts of marijuana agreed to counseling, their suspensions were reduced to five days, McCormick said. Their parents also agreed to counseling, he said.
According to state statutes, juveniles who commit offenses can have a station adjustment that could require a curfew, community service work or other terms.
Two dogs from the Kane County Sheriff's canine unit checked 75 percent of the student parking lot about noon on Friday, spokesman Lt. Pat Gengler said.
No charges were filed, he said.
"We did not find anything anyone was arrested for," Gengler said. "Anything we found was handled administratively."
Gengler said canine units do sniff checks of parking lots and schools periodically. No one was being targeted in connection with the Kaneland search, he said.
"We just went out and did a search," Gengler said. "The dogs will hit on cars with something drug related or recently smoked in. They found enough to cause drug dogs to indicate something was going on there."
Gengler said sometimes just smoking marijuana in a car is enough to trigger a reaction from a drug dog.
"Their noses are pretty good," Gengler said.
News Hawk: Warbux 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: The Kane County Magazine
Author: Brenda Schory
Contact: bschory@kcchronicle.com
Copyright: 2010 The Kane County Magazine
Website: The Chronicle | Dogs sniff marijuana in 5 student cars at Kaneland
