Teachers frisk pupil for drugs
Published 1 year, 6 months ago in Making News.
Teachers at Rowville did nothing wrong based on your article “Teachers frisk pupil for drugs - Jane Metlikovec June 02, 2007″. The Victorian Government School Reference Guide instructs teachers with a “cause for concern” to instruct students to “empty their pockets or open their bags for inspection and a failure to comply with such an instruction is a discipline offence.” It is only if the teacher thinks the student will not “imminently use” that they should put off the search. You can imagine the hysteria (probably from the same parents) if a teacher assumed the use was not “about to happen, or threatening to happen” and it did happen ! If hysterically defensive parents make schools operate like CSI, then there will be even less staff time and energy left for actually teaching !
See: Original Story: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21832926-661,00.html
Victorian Government Schools Reference Guide
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Shaking my head in disbelief. Are we so desensitised to most things today, that we just read this and think…..oh a dilemma?? I think this is bizarre. I was suspended for being seen smoking “AFTER” school out of the school ground years ago, oh shame for my parents and full wrath of the school. I read the above story and continue to shake my head. Maybe when respect is brought back into the equation, well, just maybe then we can sort out some of these issues.
The kid in question admitted having tobacco to “roll his own” but where did he get it? only 16 and he should not have been able to buy it!
At least they aren’t doing a full body search, they are only doing a bag and pocket search. I’d definately feel safer knowing that the teachers knew what the students were bringing to school. Drugs and Cigarettes aren’t what concern me, but more of Knives and other weapons. Honestly students don’t need anything else but their books, stationary, other materials and equipment for class use and their lunch. Remembering back to when I was in High School 7 years ago when a ‘friend’ showed me a ‘pocket knife’ that they had stolen off another student.
However the teachers should have never subjected the kid into doing this search in front of other students, to have all of his belongings brought out for everyone to see.