13 year old girl was strip searched at school....for ibuprofen.

[BabyPiglet]

Got this from the CB. http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/16/teen.strip.search/index.html

Are. You. Kidding. Me.

Wow, that's bizzarre and just reading the article makes me feel violated.

What do you guys think? Does your school have any kind of zero tolerance policy at all? Would they ever do anything this extreme?

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

Got this from the CB. http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/16/teen.strip.search/index.html

Are. You. Kidding. Me.

Wow, that's bizarre and just reading the article makes me feel violated.

What do you guys think? Does your school have any kind of zero tolerance policy at all? Would they ever do anything this extreme?

O_O
I don't care if it is a zero-tolerance school that is humiliating and violating for a young teenage girl.

Why would they think that's right? Did they contact her parents at all?

 

[Tapout!]

This is absolutely ridiculous. The administration of that school should be held responsible to the highest level of punishment. I don't understand why the parents weren't called immediately and let them handle this before all of this took place.

 

[::Snow_White::]

http://www.kmbc.com/news/1316772/detail.html

It reminds me of this.

Disgusting.

ETA: I just read it said 2002, but we were talking about it in class about a week ago...

 

[Tapout!]

one word describes those administrators: SICK

 

[BabyPiglet]

http://www.kmbc.com/news/1316772/detail.html

It reminds me of this.

Disgusting.

ETA: I just read it said 2002, but we were talking about it in class about a week ago...

Wow. I don't think strip searches or body searches are ever appropriate. No matter what the context.

I think if the student is suspected of doing something 'against school policy' then the parents should be called, and if need be, the police.

Schools have way too big a head these days. They think they can do anything to students without consequence.

I agree with Tapout (sorry, don't know your name) the administrators responsible should be severly punished with possible jail time. The principal is such a pervert.

 

[Cinderelli16]

Omg! Are you kidding me?! That's totally disgusting!

 

[imabrat]

That is downright degrading and whoever ordered and performed these tasks must be fired and incarcerated, or at the very least fined. To strip search a 13 year old girl on word of another student is despicable.
If it were me, I would've said "Not without my lawyer and my parents present. Can I see a warrant for the search and seizure of my person and by belongings please?", but I'm fiesty that way.
Still, I can understand her actions because I'd be having a bowel movement in my pants from being scared.

Yes, my school has a zero-tolerance policy on everything. We've been told multiple times we WILL be searched if we're caught with some kind of illegal substance/weapon.

 

[crazytp93]

That's insane.
I can see possible minor disciplinary action for having the meds in school (its illegal to have them in my school, unless they are in the nurse and being properly dosed to you by the nurse) but strip searching is way over the line.

 

[BabyPiglet]

That is downright degrading and whoever ordered and performed these tasks must be fired and incarcerated, or at the very least fined. To strip search a 13 year old girl on word of another student is despicable.
If it were me, I would've said "Not without my lawyer and my parents present. Can I see a warrant for the search and seizure of my person and by belongings please?", but I'm fiesty that way.
Still, I can understand her actions because I'd be having a bowel movement in my pants from being scared.

Yes, my school has a zero-tolerance policy on everything. We've been told multiple times we WILL be searched if we're caught with some kind of illegal substance/weapon.

I completely agree.

I can say that I would've been 'feisty' (lol) like that, but if I had been in her shoes I'm not sure what I would've done. I know I'd be nervous as hell. I don't think I'd actually take my clothes off for them though. I didn't even want to take my shirt off in 6th grade when we had scoliosis screenings, ew.

I feel so awful for that girl, because I know how intimidating principals can be when they want to. I hope she gets a hugeeee settlement for this.

 

[KidGoofy]

To tell you the truth...if it was for safety reasons I believe it is ok. If I had a child at the school I would want them to be safe. If she did have it she could have harmed herself or another student by ODing. But I do believe the parents should be called first.

Wow. I don't think strip searches or body searches are ever appropriate. No matter what the context.

I think if the student is suspected of doing something 'against school policy' then the parents should be called, and if need be, the police.

So if your safety was at risk, lets say like at an airport, you wouldn't want a person to be strip searched. It is a body, and there is nothing to be embarrassed by it.

 

[Huit]

I can see what they were trying to do. They were trying to set an example. They were trying to live up to their word. People trusted that the schools would be drug free, and the schools wanted to accommodate. They had a minimal amount of time to act, and they acted on their first impulse, which was to follow some code. There were proper ways things could have gone about. They didn't think it through all the way.
One thing I can not understand is why they're treating her like an adult. A thirteen year old is NOT an adult.

 

[imabrat]

To tell you the truth...if it was for safety reasons I believe it is ok. If I had a child at the school I would want them to be safe. If she did have it she could have harmed herself or another student by ODing. But I do believe the parents should be called first.



So if your safety was at risk, lets say like at an airport, you wouldn't want a person to be strip searched. It is a body, and there is nothing to be embarrassed by it.

The problem is it WASN'T for safety! The principal was acting on mere word of another student who accused the girl of possessing the drug.

I completely agree.

I can say that I would've been 'feisty' (lol) like that, but if I had been in her shoes I'm not sure what I would've done. I know I'd be nervous as hell. I don't think I'd actually take my clothes off for them though. I didn't even want to take my shirt off in 6th grade when we had scoliosis screenings, ew.

I feel so awful for that girl, because I know how intimidating principals can be when they want to. I hope she gets a hugeeee settlement for this.

I was searched in an airport in the middle of 8th grade. I wasn't made to strip, but two TSA officers did have their hands all up my shirt. It was infront of the whole gate, my parents were not allowed to come with me - I was HUMILIATED! I was sobbing, but never did get an apology from the TSA because some dimwit forgot to stamp my ticket.

 

[BabyPiglet]

To tell you the truth...if it was for safety reasons I believe it is ok. If I had a child at the school I would want them to be safe. If she did have it she could have harmed herself or another student by ODing. But I do believe the parents should be called first.



So if your safety was at risk, lets say like at an airport, you wouldn't want a person to be strip searched. It is a body, and there is nothing to be embarrassed by it.

She wasn't the one caught with the advil in the first place. It was on mere word of a fellow 13 year old that she had it on her.

I agree that they should have called her parents. But that's where it should have stopped. She could sit in the office until her parents/guardian got there, then they could've discussed the situation.

It was ONLY a middle school, the girl was barely a teenager. They totally 100% violated her rights and privacy. If I was in an airport, and the dangerous person was a fully matured (ie: capable of making decisions, in a right mind) adult, then yes I would not disagree with strip searching (in a private room). This wasn't an airport and she wasn't an adult. At airports, or anywhere, I do not believe a child should be strip searched at all...no matter what.

I can see what they were trying to do. They were trying to set an example. They were trying to live up to their word. People trusted that the schools would be drug free, and the schools wanted to accommodate. They had a minimal amount of time to act, and they acted on their first impulse, which was to follow some code. There were proper ways things could have gone about. They didn't think it through all the way.
One thing I can not understand is why they're treating her like an adult. A thirteen year old is NOT an adult.

That is so the problems with schools, they're getting lazy. Their mind automatically goes to 'zero tolerance' and they don't think things through.

School officials act like the laws and rules do not apply to them, and that students have no personal rights.

It was the supreme court that ruled in the first place that the rights of a student to not stop at the school gate.

The problem is it WASN'T for safety! The principal was acting on mere word of another student who accused the girl of possessing the drug.



I was searched in an airport in the middle of 8th grade. I wasn't made to strip, but two TSA officers did have their hands all up my shirt. It was infront of the whole gate, my parents were not allowed to come with me - I was HUMILIATED! I was sobbing, but never did get an apology from the TSA because some dimwit forgot to stamp my ticket.

Oh, god. That sounds awful. I can't have a person even standing too close to me without feeling comfortable and like my privacy was thrown out the window.

 

[KidGoofy]

She wasn't the one caught with the advil in the first place. It was on mere word of a fellow 13 year old that she had it on her.

I agree that they should have called her parents. But that's where it should have stopped. She could sit in the office until her parents/guardian got there, then they could've discussed the situation.

It was ONLY a middle school, the girl was barely a teenager. They totally 100% violated her rights and privacy. If I was in an airport, and the dangerous person was a fully matured (ie: capable of making decisions, in a right mind) adult, then yes I would not disagree with strip searching (in a private room). This wasn't an airport and she wasn't an adult. At airports, or anywhere, I do not believe a child should be strip searched at all...no matter what.

But if they didn't do it to kids too, then terrorists would send kids to do there work. The world is very stupid

 

[BabyPiglet]

But if they didn't do it to kids too, then terrorists would send kids to do there work. The world is very stupid

Yeah, I know. My argument is incomplete, lol. Maybe they could refuse to let them board, or x-ray them or something.

I just believe making a child strip down to nothing is completely crossing the line.

And yes, sadly, the world is stupid. Just watch the news.

 

[KidGoofy]

Yeah, I know. My argument is incomplete, lol. Maybe they could refuse to let them board, or x-ray them or something.

I just believe making a child strip down to nothing is completely crossing the line.

And yes, sadly, the world is stupid. Just watch the news.

Yeah I refuse to watch the news because it is so sad...its all depressing, even the weather...lol.

 

[Huit]

The only way to be 100% positive is to shut down all airports and never fly another airplane again. Abstain from flying. Hmm...

 

[BabyPiglet]

Yeah I refuse to watch the news because it is so sad...its all depressing, even the weather...lol.

Yeah seriously. Even in the boring old town I live in there's always crappy stuff happening.

The only way to be 100% positive is to shut down all airports and never fly another airplane again. Abstain from flying. Hmm...

That would be...interesting. Haha. I don't think we should live in fear, just be aware that there are always people out there planning to attack our country. The system we have now (for airplanes) seems to be working.

 

[Huit]

Yeah seriously. Even in the boring old town I live in there's always crappy stuff happening.

That would be...interesting. Haha. I don't think we should live in fear, just be aware that there are always people out there planning to attack our country. The system we have now (for airplanes) seems to be working.

I know, I know. I just don't like passing up the opportunity to mock abstinence.
Sorry.