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Far be it from me to criticize our public school administrators. They have to deal with cranky teacher unions, annoying parents and snot-nosed kids. (Not your kids, mind you.)
But me thinks the near gestapo-like tactics of one particular school administration should be swatted-down quickly and forcefully by the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Court is hearing a case today wherein a 13-year old female honor student was strip-searched by a nurse and a secretary for drugs, for no other reason than she was seen talking to a bunch of kids who might have had alcohol on their breath some time in the past AND on the word of some other kid who turned out to be a liar.
Needless to say, the administration at the Safford, Arizona, school found nothing. The girl, Savana Redding, was traumatized and ultimately left that school for another.
Read all about it over at NPR's web site.
I'm all for discipline and keeping kids safe in schools, especially in these undisciplined and scary times. But if some assistant principal wants to strip-search my kid (if I had a kid), he better produce stronger evidence than "that kid over there said so."
This whole case sounds like a bad decision by this administrator who, instead of admitting fault, dug in his heels and the school board and administration dug in right behind him and *presto*: six years later it's in front of the Supreme Court.
For those of you in the Safford, Arizona, public school system who need a refresher, here's a link to the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. (And yes, this will be on the test.)
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