Jim McElligott, director of school support and safety for the Worthington City School District, said district administrators did not know about the drug sweep conducted by Worthington police and a Franklin County sheriff's special investigations unit when it happened Sept. 24.

Of the 13 Worthington-area residents arrested on that day for trafficking in heroin and other drugs, and others involved but not charged, only "very few" are current students at Worthington schools, McElligott said.

"There were very few of our students involved," he said, "maybe one or two from each high school. Some were adults that had graduated from our high schools. We didn't get any tips from anyone and didn't find out about it until the day it went down."

McElligott said no disciplinary hearings are planned because the incidents happened outside of school.

The school athletic code calls for discipline if a student violates the athletic rules concerning drug use outside of school, but McElligott did not say if any student athletes were involved in the raid.

Kevin Johnson, assistant principal at Worthington Kilbourne High School, said it was his understanding that the search and seizures were all done at residences.