During the May meeting of the Dawson County Board of Education, board members unanimously approved a proposal to begin random drug testing on students who participate in privileged activities at both Dawson County Junior High and Dawson County High School. The decision comes after a year of discussion by the governance teams at the high school and junior high. "I was approached over a year ago by the local school governance team at the high school, wanting us to do something, to curb use of illegal drugs by our school students.