Okay, the headline, Quebec teachers strip search students during math exam, is slightly misleading. None of the students were strip searched during the taking of the math exam.
But the 28 students in the class were told to put their cellphones on the teacher's desk for the test so there'd be less overt cheating. But one cellphone was missing so the genius teachers decided to strip search everyone to find it. Yes, teachers in a high school made their students remove their clothing so they could ascertain whether or not one was holding a contraband cellphone.
All of them. The article does not say whether the illegal phone was found but it seems safe to presume not. So these teachers violated the privacy and dignity of 28 students without cause or authority and still failed to find the phone.
I hope that the teachers and the school district have good lawyers because I'd absolutely file a lawsuit against them on as many possible avenues as possible.
The principal of the school, walking that fine line, said the teachers acted outside of the bounds of protocol but there hadn't been any disciplinary actions as of yet against these teachers who made 28 students disrobe. Which is, of course, ridiculous. The teachers should be on administrative leave at the very least and should be facing criminal charges potentially (something about child pornography I'd imagine).
Here's a great way to figure out if the school's response is acceptable. Remove the word teacher from the article and then see how it goes. "Quebecois strip search students during math exam." Yep, I'd still investigate and prosecute the holy shit out of them still.
The operative here isn't the teachers involved, it's the fact that 28 young people's privacy and right to dignity was taken from them by some fools with power trips and no common sense who just happened to be teachers.
Rule #410 is Do Not Strip Search High School Students
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