How Should Bookbag And Locker Searches Be Allowed In Schools

There have been 74 school shootings in the United States since the Sandy Hook shooting. This number is extremely high and causes heartbreak to our country; students deserve to attend school with no fear. Security guards and rules are not enough. Targeted bookbag and locker searches should be allowed because it would lower the amount of deaths and injuries in schools, lowers the amount of drug use in schools, brings a positive look to schools, and communities. Believing that these searches or maybe even metal detectors will help with the danger in schools today. According to Kate R. Ehlenberger, “Officials conduct random or blanket searches not because of individualized suspicion, but as a preventive measure. Examples of random searches include the use of metal detectors in school entrances and
The legality of a random search depends on whether the school has a compelling interest or special need that warrants the use of a search without suspicion.” All schools should be allowed these random searches without suspicion just for simple safety.
Bookbag and locker searches should be done primarily because it lowers the amounts of deaths and injuries occurring in schools. Multiple families have lost loved ones in result of school shootings. For example, twelve students killed by students in the Columbine High School shooting; Twenty students killed in the Sandy Hook shooting. However, students are not the only ones in danger teachers are greatly affected by this, for their efforts to protect their students. For Example, one teacher killed in the Columbine and multiple injured, six teachers killed in the Sandy Hook shooting. This is only two of the many school shootings occurring in the United States. When people know they'll be searched upon entering a school or randomly searched