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Student-only sniffin' dogs?

By Stan Milam ( Contact )   November 21, 2008

The K-9 corps descended on student parking lots at Janesville high schools looking for, and finding, drugs. The question is - why not search all parking lots - students, faculty and staff?

Karen Schulte, director of Student Services at the Janesville School District told me that the search program was authorized by the district's school board as part of a program to address drugs brought into the schools by students. She said that if the program was expanded to include faculty and staff searches the board would have to approve the expansion. She also indicated that there is no reason to believe there's a problem with teachers or staff membrrs bringing drugs into the schools, however, there is a problem relating to students. Should the school board authorize the expansion of the search program to include teachers and staff?

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localmatters
Nov 25, 2008 at 8:04 p.m.
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I think everyone on campus is fair game as long as they are aware that this could happen at anytime. As far as wjbecky's jab -- stop with the mean-spirited comment.

wjbecky
Nov 22, 2008 at 5:54 a.m.
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the bigger concern is now what - if you're a big basket ball player (and there was one) now what? I wonder if they will follow up with code violations etc..

janesvillemom
Nov 21, 2008 at 10:10 p.m.
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Considering that an elementary school teacher in Elkhorn was caught with cocaine and heroin, I say yes, search the teachers and staff parking areas too.

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