Okay, the title of this piece may be a bit misleading, but the point is there. The Supreme Court of the United States is to rule on whether or not schools can strip search students. In this case, an 8th grader.
Basically, a school in Safford, Arizona is very against prescription medicine. So when one student claimed that another student had given her ibuprofen, the school searched the girl’s locker. That, in and of itself, may raise eyebrows but is not uncommon.
When nothing was found, they ordered the 13 year old girl to strip in front of two women to see if she was hiding any pills. This is completely asinine.
Perhaps it would be one thing if the girl was accused of having some sort of weapon, but ibuprofen? Really?
The school, appealing to the Supreme Court, has said that the Court of Appeal decision to ban these searches:
The decision "places student safety and school order at risk by impairing the ability of school officials to effectively carry out their custodial responsibility," it said.
That’s also ludicrous. There were multiple options available to the school, not the least of which was sitting her down in the principal’s office and calling her parents. Or, here’s a thought, don’t strip search a girl based on a report from another 13 year old girl. It’s common sense. I hope the SCOTUS finds against the school board very quickly. It’s a pretty egregious violation of personal space.
[Source: Reuters]
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