Northern Secondary School has decided not to breath test students for alcohol as they enter the Spring Prom on May 29, 2014. But the move appears to be a kind of rear-guard action as the school and board of education prepare to confront the issue in court later this year. Principal Ron Felsen is said to have reversed his plan to conduct breathalyzer tests at the door to the Eglinton Grand event centre on prom night in the face of an action brought by local lawyer Jonathon Lisus on behalf of student council president Brett Gorski and other students. The test is being challenged as a “presumptive unreasonable search” under the Charter of Rights. According to Mr. Lisus, the turn-around appears to have occurred because the TDSB did not have enough time to prepare the type of case it wished to present. It appears that the challenge will still be heard later this year. Mr. Felsen has repeated, as have many educators, that the school board would be negligent if it did not address the issue of alcohol consumption by students at school events. Previous