Greg Bluestein of Associated Press reports: A Georgia middle school student claimed in a lawsuit Wednesday he was humiliated and traumatized when he was brought to a vice principal’s office and forced to strip in front of classmates who said he had marijuana. The student, then in the seventh-grade, said he still suffers from emotional…
Category: Youth & Schools
NC High Court To Hear Case Of School Bra Search At Brunswick County Academy
Associated Press reports: The case of a teenager who had to untuck her shirt and pull out her bra with her thumb as part of a search for pills at an alternative school in North Carolina is headed to the state Supreme Court. The court’s decision could determine how constitutional provisions against unreasonable search and…
MO: SPS didn’t violate students’ rights with drug dog search, court rules
Claudette Riley reports: The Springfield school district didn’t violate students’ Fourth Amendment rights by using a trained dog to sniff for drugs at Central High School, according to a U.S. District court decision. Alleging an April 22, 2010 search at Central High was an “unreasonable search and seizure,” Councilman Doug Burlison and his wife Mellony…
NZ: Principals want power to search students
Sam Thompson reports: Principals want the power to search students for weapons and drugs this year. Thousands of students are heading back to school this week. President of the Secondary Schools Principals Association Patrick Walsh says guidelines were developed last year, but he wants the Education Act changed. “Two give schools specifically the power of…