The Safford Middle School in Arizona does not allow prescription or over-the-counter drugs to be brought to school unless the school's permission is granted. A student was accused by another student of bringing Ibruprofen to school. The Assistant Principal, a man, became excised over this putative violation of policy and searched the student's backpack. He found nothing, but refused to stop at that point. Since the student was female, he ordered an assistant to search the girl. A strip search was conducted. Nothing was found.
The student's parents sued the Assistant Principal and his cohorts. The lower court found in the school's favor. An appeals court did not. One wonders how experienced this Assistant Principal was and what incident could have caused such a policy to be formulated.
It's a sad commentary on the state of at least one school in this country.
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