The Pros And Cons Of Searching Students

Such actions that may violate a student’s constitutional rights as a citizen would be an administrator or school law enforcement searching a student or their personal belongings for unjustified reasons while in school. The boundaries of the fourth amendment are very complicated when dealing with the rights of students being that the school systems have

I just don’t like how it feels getting searched for things you’d never have in a million years. It’s not jail where the officers can look through your items whenever they want to, so how come it’s starting to feel like it. No matter what a student should be violated or have their privacy invaded. And this situation is not a good thing allot of people are getting tired of being searched for no intentional

In the case New Jersey v. T.L.O., the student’s purse was searched after the principal had reasonable suspicion that she had cigarettes in her purse since she was caught smoking in the bathroom. The court decision in this case concluded that teachers are acting as agents for the state and are therefore allowed to search if they have reasonable suspicion. Students do have the Fourth Amendment right as all people in America have. However, student’s expectation of privacy has to be balanced with the needs of the school to maintain the educational environment. Schools do not have to obtain a warrant to search, but must have reasonable suspicion in order to search a student’s person or property.

Should school officials and police officers be allowed to search through students phones? School officials and police officers should be allowed to search students phones. School officials and police officers need to be able to check students phones, so they can keep everyone safe. Some people think that school officials shouldn’t be able to search students phones, instead it should be the parents problem.

The reason is schools should be able to search students belongings to make sure they do not contain contraband items such as marijuana, guns, knives ,...etc. But schools should never have the right to search your person even if you are carrying contraband because schools should not have enough jurisdiction. School officials should have to call law enforcement to the school to conduct a proper search on a student that is believed to be carrying contraband. Schools just want a safe environment for teaching and learning so that student can know that they are safe in school and not have to worry about getting in harm's

Another reason why school should have the right to search students’ belongings because of ownership. Everything inside of a public school belongs to the school. Chairs, desks, whiteboards, etc. Sometimes, students forget that the lockers are also part of school property. About forty-one percent of high school

The Fourth Amendment was written to protect every American’s personal right to privacy by issuing requirement for searches and seizures of one’s person and property. This amendment protects U.S. citizens from having their privacy violated by the government for no reason. According to the Fourth Amendment, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by the Oath of affirmation, and particularly describing the place to

should be punished for breaking the law and school rules. The school needs to maintain its authority over students; search and seizure is part of maintaining order.

In school systems today safety is the top priority that they spend most of their time enforcing rules for this specific reason. After hearing about the Columbine school shooting I can only imagine the pain their parents felt while receiving the news. If the students had access to their cell phones could this have turned out differently? Dr. Stroka talks in a school safety video that you have to put a face on school safety and most people have forgotten what that’s about (Ken Trump). If students have access to phones it betters the chance of getting help right away in life threatening

Public high school students have the First Amendment right of free expression and the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches while they’re at school. These protections extend a student’s social media and to the digital contents of their cell phones. At the same time, public high schools have special characteristics associated with their duty to educate students and provide a safe and orderly place conducive to learning and so students accept greater restrictions of their constitutional rights while in school. At issue with respect to Rocktown High School’s 2016 AP History class is whether the school’s “search” of history student’s social media “friends,” obtained under threat of suspension, was reasonable, whether the

The Essential Question surrounding this case is, “May school administrators search a student or their belongings absent of probable cause?”

Ever since the first school shooting, a lot of people have changed their beliefs on this subject. I was in eighth grade when the shooting at Columbine High School took place. Before that shooting, I never would have considered something like that happening. Now, it is seventeen years later and school shootings almost seem like an everyday thing. That is sad, but it is true. This is why I believe a student should not have a high expectation of privacy while at school. The law used to be more lenient, but these circumstances have changed that. Right after Columbine, a lot of states had a zero tolerance law. According to the Center for Public Education site, this law said that if a student was caught with contraband they were given a strict punishment, no matter what the circumstance was. The laws have changed some over the last few years, and are not quite as strict as that. The schools still have to ensure that every student is safe, though. It is common for schools to have metal detectors or bring in dogs on a regular basis. Once they have a reason to suspect a student, they have the right to search their belongings. I believe this is well within their rights as administrators who are trying to protect the school as a whole. I realize that students may feel violated, I have been there. It was always an inconvenience to have to sit outside the hallways while the dogs searched each room. I never felt like it was wrong when they did find something though. So many students would bring large amounts of drugs, guns and knives to school. If it weren’t for the measures that the school took they would just be walking around with these items. I hope these laws never change, and my kids have the same protection that I did. I would hate to imagine my child going to school with guns and drugs within an arm’s reach. I believe the issue of student’s privacy is one that many people can agree with each other on.

This policy exists to stop students from cyberbullying each other or another person via their phone or equivalent. I found through surveying students that a majority haven’t had their phones confiscated but to agree that teachers have a little too much power to just take a student’s phone, and agree that, if provided with a warrant, would act more like an adult. I propose that Broken Arrow High School amend their electronic search policy by requiring a warrant before they search a student’s electronic device. For example, if a teacher has substantial evidence that a student has been cyberbullying, they go to the police and get a warrant to search/seize that student’s phone so that the student can both have legal rights and adult consequences for wrongdoing. The current policy states that “school administration shall have the authority to detain and search, or authorize the search of any student… upon reasonable suspicion that the student is misusing a wireless communication device (“baschools.org).” The policy should be modified to say “school administration shall have the authority to detain and search, or authorize the search of any student… upon reasonable evidence that the student is misusing a wireless communication device and shall be provided beforehand with a warrant of search.” Instead of spreading the message that teachers can disregard an amendment of the constitution, with these slight revisions, Broken Arrow High School will be positively impacted by giving students more of a legal stance in

Schools shouldn’t be allowed to conduct random searches of students private items. I mean schools make it so our private items stay private so why can they do searches through

Pursuing this further, students should not be allowed to bring cell phones to school because it can be used for cyber bullying. Students bully other students in hallways, bathrooms, classrooms and playgrounds but cyber bullying is when you bully someone throughout emailing. Eventually, a