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The Grapevine-Colleyville school board recently revised a pledge that must be signed by students and parents: “I pledge not to drink alcoholic bever ages, use tobacco illegally, take illegal drugs or be in pos session of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia.” It now states in bold letters: “The pledge is in effect at all times.” Arlington, Grand Prairie, Highland Park, Plano and other districts have similar 24- hour policies. “We don’t want kids out representing our district through extracurricular activi ties who are doing things that are illegal,” Larry Guinn, exec utive director of student servic es for the Plano school system, told The Dallas Morning News in Tuesday’s editions. Critics say the school dis tricts are out of their constitu tional bounds. “This is an unconstitutional invasion of privacy that would not be placed on others, such as teachers, who are clearly role models,” said Frank Colosi, a Fort Worth lawyer who works with the American Civil Liberties Union. “The school districts are discrimi nating on the basis of who is willing to give up their consti tutional rights to participate.” But school officials in Arlington say the round-the- clock pledge helps keep kids off daigs and is difficult to entoru ^ ous ton-area “I don t have nun® n swimmin show you, but l eanju> Texas , ake from my expenencevtT rd child fata ,ng fewer kids fordiv* of meniri reasons, said Arlington f School principal Jame nth. ,. T —The 9-year It gives them a rei J , -T f, ” AHamc Jlnday after in Austin to do it,” Adams said _ kids tell me they die . because they were afe;P‘ , The Arlington L . instituted its around- policy after a hazing J 1 ** v'cum involving several st.l‘ s ! ami . y c 111 1 and the gang rape ofa>RF kentl f lOQA lake was the las boy swam ae lea, health off Officials did 1 of the lake Oil on HOUSTON ed in the c in 1996 The policies are punishment. A first oft Arlington suspends die from the activity fa remainder of the school); season. Students are gi\a opportunity to be rei one time in juniorhighaa time in high school. Punishments at Gi Colleyville range from: pension of three weed removal for one calends after a third violation. Districts have theirwil finding out which studenJ late pledges, includingamong If sions by students, an enip j|g^ a jpg_|^gj-Qjj^ witnessing an offense, citation filed by a local agency. 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