OK well I don’t have a picture for this one but we'll manage. Savana Redding, 19, who was an eighth-grade honors student at Safford Middle School was strip searched at her school by her school administrators because they heard that she might have prescription-strength ibuprofen pills, they're like strong Advil. Once her administrators heard about the rumor, they called down the 13 year old girl to perform a strip search, it has scared her tremendously and she is now taking it to the Supreme Court.
There are many moral issues with this story, and especially considering the fact that they did not find anything on her. The girl is taking her case to the Supreme Court after two other courts have ruled that the school had every right to perform that search. She says that she has been traumatized her since, she has few friends and doesn’t like going outside, she also has many trust issues because of this violating search. She said she didn’t say know because she’s the type of girl who listens to her superiors. They did not notify her mother, and it was the nurse who performed the strip search, not a police officer.
Now I think that this is totally wrong. They had no right to search her unless they had tangible proof or a better source, because it’s too easy to get ten kids together to lie about someone to get them in trouble. She says that she has had a lot of emotional distress because of this. They had to right to do this unless first notifying her parents, or the authorities, they had no right to violate a girl like that. I am still two faced about this story though, because the school did do it for the safety of others, and apparently were allowed to do that by law. Now there should definitely be some procedures in the future, like notifying her parents, or the police. It’s too easy for that to happen to someone and especially a 13 year old girl when it scared her for life. She is now 19 but still has problems coping with everything. (The actual event happened in 2003) What do you think of this? Do you think it is just that she was strip searched? Or do you think it was a violation of her body?
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I agree that this is a tough case. My first question with the matter is why were the parents not notified immediately? My second question would be about the necessity of a strip search in the first place. A strip search should be the absolute last measure taken against anyone, let alone a 13 year old girl. I think that school board has much to answer for with this case.
ReplyDeleteOmg! My teacher in legal systems, Mrs. Wuenker, told us about this article. I couldn't believe that a strip search of a thirteen year old girl was actually allowed. My teacher said that you have less of a right to privacy at school so that's why it wasn't used as a last result. All they needed was "probable cause" that this girl committed the crime and the search would be completely legal. Even though it was for the safety of the school, in my opinion the school did not have the right to do that. Their reasons of suspicion weren't even major enough for that type of search to be done.
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