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Case: Envelope of PTA money A fourth grade student discovered that an envelope of PTA money that his mother gave him to give to the principal was missing from his backpack while he was in his classroom. The teacher asked everyone in the class to look for the envelope. When it was not found, the teacher requested that everyone empty their backpacks and jackets and be subjected to a search. The envelope of money was still not found. The next day, a set of parents filed a complaint with the school principal protesting the search of their daughter. Was this search reasonable under the circumstances? Why or why not? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Many schools, even in the elementary level, have set policies regarding the appropriateness of searching students belongings and state that the search must be reasonable. That would be the question in this case; was the search reasonable? The teacher needed to first see if it could be determined when was the last time that he had seen the envelope, etc. Regardless of the amount of money (not stated in the scenario), the teacher asking for students to look for it would not be out of line. The children emptying their backpacks and jackets needs to be reviewed. |
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