Delores L. Walker, mayofreepress@alltel.net

Two Lafayette High School students were suspended for the remainder of the school term after a small amount of marijuana was found in their vehicles.



The suspension was carried out by Lafayette High School principal Derek Hembree when Sheriff Carson McCall informed him of the discovery of marijuana in the students vehicles parked in the student parking. In addition to the suspension the students will begin the next school term in the alternative school for 45 days.



Lafayette Schools are a drug-free zone that carries zero-tolerance on controlled substance. The penalty varies dependent on the amount found and whether the student involved has previous charges with drug-related arrest.



The Taylor County K-9 team and Lafayette County officers conducted a routine “walk-through” the halls and the student parking area at LHS Tuesday, May 13 said McCall.



“Officers searched two separate vehicles when the Taylor County K-9 team, K-9 officer Jeremiah and Dep. Harper Gibson, alerted that a controlled substance was present,” Sheriff McCall said.



According to the sheriff, the school and the sheriff’s office will work together to conduct frequent unannounced “walk-through” at the schools.



McCall said, “The goal is to build a deterent to any narcotics.”



The sheriff stressed that a drug-free zone means drug-free.



“You will be caught, no matter how small the amount,” McCall said.