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Isaac Jacobs Should schools be able to search students personal items? I. Schools should be able to check students personal items.

II. The cost of searching is worth the comforting news that the school is safer.
 * "The dog led police to a backpack which contained marijuna and magic mushrooms". (Mckay-Panos, Linda 4)
 * Explain how searches can help keep a school safe.
 * " In a 1998 Supreme Court case, a student at a school dance was suspected to be holding marijuna in his sock, as it turns out he was." (McKay- Panos, Linda 4)
 * Explain that searches can keep children safer and have a better education experience if the search is still going to be allowed.
 * "students ... involved in extracurricullar are subjected to random drug test." (American School and University 2)
 * This will help keep the children from making bad decisons.

III. The students do not have their constitutional rights at school.

"The battle over students rights goes back to the Supreme Court's decision in Tinker v. Des Monies School District, which said that students do no shed their constitutional rights ... at the school house gate." (Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication 1)
 * Explain that students do not have their same rights at school.
 * "In the 1995, court decided that schools can require drug tests on school athletes when there is evidence." (Vilbig, Peter 1)
 * Explain the importance of this law and why it makes sense that they put it on athletes.
 * "Drug testing in high schools may get another helping hand this time form congress." (hagen, Scott and Hans . S Nicholas 4)
 * Explain that this proves that this a big deal and that the government agrees with my viewpoint.

IV. Students cannot expect there personal items to not to be searched. "It would not reasonable to for a student to expect to be free from such searches." (Vilbig Peter1) Explain that this quotes show that students should be aware of their rights at school
 * Explain That all the school is trying to do ls keep the school more safe.
 * "It is not only an invasion of privacy, but also an illegal search and seizure". (Hernandez, Vincent 5)
 * Explain The counter arguement and explain how this wrong.
 * "Schools are advised to inform each student of the school's right to search lockers, including removal of locks". ( Vilbig Peter)

Rough Draft Over the past years schools and students have been debating the topic of wether or not the schools should have the right to search students personal items. Students say that this search violates their rights under the fourth Amendment. While the schools believe that students do not shed their constitutional rights at school. Many schools have banned the drug tests saying that it invades a students privacy. Some schools have done the exact opposite urguing cops to come to their school with drug sniffing dogs. Do you want your child to not be safe because some students think that it violates their rights. If the students did not do drugs why would they protest it? Should'nt they be fine with taking the drug test because the have nothing to fear? All the schools want to do is keep the students safe. That is why schools should have the right to search students personal items.

The cost of searching is worth the comforting news that the school is safer. Many searches have led police to find students carry drugs at school. This is just one examples of many that have led police to find drugs."The dog led police a backpack which conatained marijuna and magic mushrooms" (McKay-Panos, linda4). Searches can keep a school safer by finding drugs and then dispoing of them. Imagine if the police could not have done this the student could have sold and smoked it. Another example of this is at a school dance. "In a 1998 Supreme Court, a student at a school dance was suspected to be holding marijuna in is sock, as it turns out he was" (McKay- Panos, Linda4). Drugs are very dangerous and have led to many deaths. If the student was not caught the outcome could have been horrible, a lot of people could have gotten high and possibly died. Sometimes the drug test are targeted to certain types of extracurricular groups, this is an example of this. "Students involved in extracurricular ativities are subjected to random drug test" ( American School and University2). This makes sense because drugs could be more influenced on athletes. After a big win the team might think it would be fun to smoke a few. Streroids are a big influence on athletes simply, because it helps them do better. Many athletes at school and professional have tried drugs just for fun because their teamates are doing it too. Some drugs like perfomance enhancing drugs can make an athelet beter than he or she really is.

Students may argue that searches violate their rights, but at school sudents do not have their same rights. "The battle over students rights goes back to the Supreme court decision in the Tinker v. Des Monies School District, which said students to not shed their constitutional rights at the schools gates" (Current Events, a Weekly Reader1). All the school is trying to do is keep the school safer, which makes total sense since they are incharge of them at school. If this rule is implied then it will create a better learning experience for the students. "In 1995, a court decided that schools can require drug test on school athletes when there is evidence" (Vilbig, Peter1). The court said that they could only search if they had reasonable evidence. This means that schools cannot randomly choose students, they have to have proof. "Drug testing in high schools may get another helping hand this time from congress" (Hagen, Scott and Hans.S Nicholas4). Since Congress supports drug testing, that means that most of the government also likes drug testing in schools.

Students should not expect their personal items to not be searched simple because its theirs. "It would not be reasonable for a student to expect tobe free from such searches" (Vilbig, Peter4). All the school is trying to do is keep the school more safe by searching for drugs. They have no interest in students personal items, it's just that most drugs are kept in personal items like backpack. 'It is not only an invasion of privacy, but also an illegal search and seizure" (Hernadez, Vincent5). The search is not a invasion of privacy because the school will have good reason to check that students items. Students should know that there stuff can be checked with valid information. "Schools are to advise to inform each student of the school's right to search lockers, including removal of locks" ( Vilbig, Peter4). Students should not complain about something they know could to happen to them. A student should have no fear if they look at their lockers if they do not have any drugs. Besides what will a facualty member learn by looking at another students lockers. Most of the things they have in their are books and textbooks anyway.

To conclude schools should be able to search students lockers. The school's only wants to keep the students safe. That is the school responsibilty to keep the students safe and to provide a safe and fun learning experience. In order to do this they willl have to be able search students lockers to make sure that the school is drug free. The sraech is not an invasion of privacy because they have to have a evidence that a students is carrying drugs. Most of time when this search or test is done schools can find a lot of people who have had drugs or are carrying drugs on the school's property. The search is not an invasion of privacy because students do not have their same rights at school.