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| Jonathon Lisus |
The “right” of high school students to go to the school prom without having to take a breath test will be heard in Ontario Superior Court. A Toronto lawyer, Jonathan Lisus, will be on the job to prosecute his view that the breathalyzer for high school kids is a “presumptively unreasonable search.” One of those Mr. Lisus will attempt to protect from the test will be Northern Secondary School Student Council President Brett Gorski. Mr. Lisus told Post City Magazines that although he is aware of other schools in the city and the province that have similar policies, “the case is only in relation to Northern and Principal (Ron) Felsen in his capacity as principal.” “I do expect this will set the precedent for the city and the rest of the province, though,” Mr. Lisus told the Post. Northern Secondary School announced early in May it would implement the breathalyzer test for kids to get through the door to the senior prom. The dance is set for Thursday, May 29, 2014. It is a policy used by a number of other Toronto and District School Board high schools, but not all. Those who fail the test are not allowed to enter the dance and parents are called to pick them up. The NSS decision was taken because the school has had problems with kids being intoxicated at the prom. “My first year here, I had to shut down a dance because students were drunk.” Mr. Felsen said.
