Ryan Calhoun reports: Random school searches are meant to keep your children safe, but one parent tells the Richmond County school board it’s unconstitutional and now they’re taking a new look at the policy. OK, let’s stop right there in amazement. A parent raises a constitutional concern and the school board decides to think about…
Category: Youth & Schools
California appeals court hears case on student drug tests
Denny Walsh reports: In the first case of its kind in California, three appeals court justices in Sacramento did not appear receptive Monday to mandatory random drug testing of non-athlete high school students who participate in competitive extracurricular activities. A Superior Court judge last year ordered a halt to enforcement of the expanded drug-testing policy…
WA: Oak Harbor schools may be searching kids’ phones
Andy Rathbun reports on the latest assault on student privacy and the Fourth Amendment: School principals may get to look through students’ cellphones if the Oak Harbor School Board signs off on a new policy meant to crack down on cyber-bullying. The board could allow administrators to confiscate and search electronic devices in certain cases….
ME: Waterville board asks parents not to furnish Social Security info
Scott Monroe reports: State law requires that we request your child’s Social Security number. But, in order to protect your child’s privacy, you should refuse to give it to us. A resolution adopted by the Waterville Board of Education last week “respectfully requests that parents protect their child’s privacy by refusing to provide the school…