The Pinelands Regional Board of Education nixed an administration proposal to end the district’s random drug testing policy at its Sept. 23 meeting.

The policy had been adopted in May 2015. Students in grades nine through 12 who participated in an interscholastic athletic program or any extra-curricular program, including attending school dances, proms or school trips, or received a campus parking permit, were required to sign a form consenting to the possibility of being randomly selected to be…