But let’s look at this from both sides.

On one hand, girls in middle school strip down in the locker room to change in to gym clothes. And it was a female teacher so they didn’t have to be embarrassed by undressing in front of a man. Maybe there was good evidence that one of these girls stole the money and the girls were mouthy and refused to cooperate. Plus theft cannot be tolerated in school (or anywhere for that matter).

On the other hand, this isn’t prison (or the airport). I think a student (and his/her parent) has a reasonable expectation that they won’t be strip searched in the middle of the school day or by any staff member. Does a teacher even know how to conduct a strip search? Do they give lessons on how to strip search a student during those teacher inservice days? Also, when you undress in the locker room you tend to do it quickly while amongst your peers. You aren’t usually standing around half naked while faculty watches and scrutinizes you. And so what if they were mouthy (although I’m not saying they were since the article doesn’t specify…I’m just purely speculating). They are 12. Mouthy is practically the definition of tween and teen. You don’t deal with mouthy by making them disrobe.

In this case the principal sent a letter of apology to the students and their parents saying he “used bad judgment.” You think? I think that’s quite an understatement. He has since been put on a two week leave.

How would you react if your middle school daughter (or son for that matter) told you they were strip searched at school today?

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Strip Searched At School