When it comes to school officials searching student’s lockers and backpacks for drugs or weapons, I feel that it is a violation of the student’s privacy. To be completely honest, it’s none of the schools business what a student does outside of school or what they have in their backpack. Even if the student is a suspect to having drugs or weapons, they should have the right to have their privacy. One of the reasons I say this is a violation of privacy is because they are breaking into something and searching around in a student’s property. The other reason I say this is a violation of students privacy is because it’s their life and they have the freedom to make their own choices. When school officials search students’ backpacks and lockers, they are literally taking the property the student owns and looking around in it when it’s none of their business. Although the school owns the lockers, the students paid the locker fee, so technically they own the locker. The school officials break into the student’s property, search another piece of property to find things that don’t even concern them. Maybe the students had nowhere else to put the weapon, …show more content…
That being said I do feel it is a violation of students’ privacy to search their lockers for drugs or weapons. The first reason being they are literally taking students’ property and looking through it. The second reason is people have the freedom and right to make their own choices in life and it’s none of the school officials business on what they are doing outside of school. Let the kids screw their lives up, it’s the only way they will learn, not by school official telling them “Drugs are bad” That doesn’t work for anybody and it just waists everyone’s valued time. So just let them learn the hard way. They made the choice, now they have to live with
If the reason for doing this is to keep us safe and protected then I don’t have a problem with this. I think she is very caring for wanting to do this. She just wants us to be protected and make this school a drug and weapon free zone. Most kids would disagree with this new rule because it’s out of our knowledge. I would understand why they would disagree because their locker is their personal belongings. I wouldn’t want anybody going
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.
Bong hits and arms bands in school?! What in the world is the public education system coming to in America? Students are practicing their rights and their free speech. The First Amendment upholds the freedom of speech, press assembly, and petition. However, the Supreme Court has different justifications on these in schools and for students. Schools look to uphold the safety and security of the students and faculty in their care. There are two prominent cases that show the difference between free speech that is for students and that is not.
Some people may say that locker searches are invasive of the students privacy and violate your rights. Also people may say it's the students private property and you need a warrant to search it. Another argument may be that Americans are protected
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This is one reason why they should stop the schools from searching us. The reason is probable cause. See we should stop them because the schools search the lockers and most of the time they lack a probable cause. I mean if you are going to search us you better find something am I right? Another reason we should stop them is because it’s against the Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment has been held to mean that a search or an arrest generally requires a
I feel that drugs are a big problems in schools in this day of age. What makes it worse is that more and more teens and young people are starting to sell and do drugs. I feel like if the schools would not just drug test on Mondays but the students could know that they would drug test any day of the week that less kids would do them because they wouldn't know when they could possibly be drug tested. I don't agree with the kids thinking that the school or police can not check their lockers. In my opinion it's the schools locker and the school should be able to check your locker whenever they want. Also if you are worried about the school seeing something you don't want them to see then don't have it at school with you, it's that simple. I know
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According to the National Education Association, at least 100,000 students bring guns to school, 160,000 students skip classes because they fear physical harm, 40 students are killed or hurt by firearms, nearly 6,250 teachers are threatened with bodily injury, and 260 teachers are physically assaulted. These facts are not based on once year, but as every single school day. Could one even imagine what the numbers might look like on scale for a month of school, let alone a whole year? So would starting with searching lockers really be a step to far to try and lower the numbers? Some may think yes due to the school invading the students’ privacy. The majority of people though will say no, doing searches of student’s lockers is not a bad
I am talking about backpacks in classrooms. Some teachers in seventh grade are against backpacks in the room because they say it takes up too much room. Backpacks are actually really small and do not take up that much space. On the downside of all of this kids can hide objects in their backpacks that are not allowed in the classrooms like phones, food, drinks, weapons, and drugs.
I personally believe that you shouldn’t check your student's lockers without permission. The reason why I believe this is wrong is because your the principle and you can just simply tell them to open their lockers. Also what if while a student's locker was being searched something important has fallen out. The student won’t know that how their work has gone missing and will get an F. Or this also shows that you don’t trust your students.
Schools that search people when they look suspicious to see if they have any drugs or weapons on them is a good idea. I feel like it’s a great idea to search for drugs and weapons in school because I would know that there will be no drugs and weapons around the school if they search people for them. If all the schools do searches for drugs and weapons, I think the school would be safer for the people who want their education. I think this because there would be less drugs and weapons if people get searched. Another reason why I think it is a good idea to do searches for drugs and weapons in school is to show that the schools have a good policy for no drugs and weapons to hurt people. If the students don’t have drugs and weapons, they can’t
Schools should have an unlimited right to search a student’s possessions because of ownership issues. Some people believe that because the student’s use the lockers in school, that it is theirs and that they deserve privacy. This is not true because the students did not pay for the lockers, and because the lockers are not located on the student’s property. Students do not own the lockers they use. Which should make them expect little privacy. The Wisconsin court had a case against Isiah B, who said the school searching his locker was illegal. “The Wisconsin court disagreed. It ruled that since the lockers were the property of the Madison schools…. Isiah B. had no ‘reasonable expectation of privacy,’” (Peart). The school's own these lockers and are simply allowing students to use them. Schools should have the ability to search a student’s locker whenever they want. Students should not expect a reasonable amount of privacy, unless they own the locker. As a result, schools owning the lockers should give them the ability to search the lockers.
Schools have recently started having locker searches on lockers used by students suspected of drug use or sale of drugs. On one hand students and some parents are agitated and outraged about the invasion of property, while another group supports this invasion and this group is usually composed of the school staff. The student’s side believes that it’s unjust to search their property and the state and staff of the school believes otherwise. The position I take on this controversial issue is that the school sold a locker to a student so therefore it is the student’s property for the 9 months that the student attends school. In other words the land lord can’t bust in to an apartment he rented out to a family just because.
“Schools are sometimes just the place where violence happens, such as in drug or gang-related attacks, but in some cases, they are the place chosen for an attack” (“School Shootings…”). Searching book bags and lockers would reduce if not stop school shootings and other weapons and contraband inside of schools. Schools have the right to search lockers and book bags with a probable cause and or a warrant. If students knew that at any given moment they could be asked to search book bags or lockers than students would not bring any contraband inside schools. Students bring the contraband to school to show off or even harm other students. They bring the drugs to sell and do and bring the weapon to scare or harm others.”About 17 percent of American high school students are drinking, smoking or using drugs during the school day, according to a new study by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse” (“School Drug Use”). By searching book bags and lockers the widespread of drug trafficking would stop. Peer pressure plays a big part in this also because a kid might see their friend using drugs and start using drugs too, kids are easily influenced by their friends just to feel”cool’ or to do what’s in. ”Perhaps students bring weapons to school to feel in control -- to feel superior to the school authorities. Perhaps the students who bring weapons to school do it to rebel. What better way to plant fear into the hearts of anyone related to the educational environment? Or