In the New York Times article that I read this week, it had to deal with Court debating a strip search of a middle school student on Tuesday. Justice Stephen Beyer, says that for instance students will hide pills in their underwear. A lawyer, Adam Wolfe calls this the 'ick factor'. Back in 2003 Wolfe's client, a 13 year old girl went under a strip search by school officials and was only in the 8th grade! Wolfe continues to say that this iciness has to deal with not only underpants but as well as checking females bras as well. As though, bras are not as bad. Kids are feeling the need to hide ibuprofen, a pain killer in their underwear.
This case did make it to trial and lots of laughter filled the court room which would be hard not to find some amusement but did go on to state that school officials are NOT trained to undergo strip searches unless more so needed.
I feel that in this situation it would be difficult to have a say in what to do. Even though I would not want my kid be sent to school knowing that there are other kids in that school system with percription or non percription drugs I would not want my kid to be around those kids. Nor would I want my child to be stripped down to his undies unless I was informed first. So, here is my question is this such a big problem that the government is going to have to step in and make a 'law' or rule to say a 'strip search' will be held on certain days that you or I will not know about? This to me is getting a little out of hand. Is suspending not working?
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