Student Search Revised

Student Search
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Student Search
Answer One
Yes, the teacher has the right to make the request based on the Fourth Amendment since it is a reasonable suspicion where the teacher had spotted the suspicious protruding object. Also, the teacher has the right because the suspected protruding object could pose some serious threat to the school, other students, and the student carrying the object (“Drugs and Schools: Legal Issues A Guide for Principals,” 2009).
Answer Two
It is true a student has a right to his or her privacy concerning his personal belongings, body or space. However, under the current circumstance where the teacher is suspicious that the child is carrying a protruding object that could be harmful, the student does not have the right to refuse the search based on the Fourth Amendment (Ehlenberger, 2002).
Answer Three
Since the teacher was suspicious of the object that the student was carrying and the child is not willing to remove it, a pat-down could be used to obtain the suspicious object. However, when the physical search is done, it should be by school personnel of the same gender as the suspected student. Also, the search should be conducted in a private place (Feldman, 2013).
Answer Four
Yes, the search would be legal because the suspicious object that the teacher had seen could be a dangerous weapon that the student might have wanted to use to cause harm to himself or herself, the school personnel, or other students. Therefore, to ensure school safety, it would be appropriate to carry out the physical search (Feldman, 2013).

References
Drugs and Schools: Legal Issues A Guide for Principals. (2009). Retrieved April 16, 2018, from http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/principals/health/drugslegal.pdfEhlenberger, K. R. (2002). The Right to Search Students. Educational Leadership, 59(4), 31-35.
Feldman, A. (2013). When does a public school have the right to search its students? Retrieved April 16, 2018, from https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/when-does-a-public-school-have-the-right-to-search-its-students