Apparently one school is wanting to look into student's cell phones to find evidence of wrong-doing.
Not sure this should really be legal. Although I do think schools should have the right to limit the ability of students to bring cell phones into school, and thus anyone who has one can have it confisicated.
I saw one mom protesting schools not allowing cell phones claiming, she had to be able to check on her kid during the day. Note to mom, parents managed to raise kids for thousands of years without being able to cell them in class.
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FRAMINGHAM -- Fearing their wireless freedom may be in jeopardy, students at Framingham High School were fuming over a new school policy that allows administrators to seize cell phones and search their contents.
Kozlov said he believes administrators are overreacting and making the school appear more troublesome than it actually is.
School officials "reserve the right to look through the cell phone," when they suspect a student has drugs or stolen goods, according to Principal Michael Welch.
"People shouldn’t get power based on suspicions, people should be considered innocent until proven guilty," said senior Adam Goldberg. "It feels like our rights are stripped away when we walk through the doors."
principal before going to Framingham, and said there is a major difference in Newton South and Framingham’s policies.
"We have an open campus at Newton South, and it seems like (Welch) is making things stricter at Framingham," said Siegal, who was a sophomore when Welch was the principal at Newton South. "We would never have had a policy like this."
The rule complies with federal law, which says a school can conduct searches when there is "reasonable suspicion" that a student has contraband.
"It’s kind of ridiculous," said Dayna Green, who recently graduated from Framingham, and is headed to Fitchburg State College in September. "They try to make us feel independent, but then they invade our privacy."
The cell phone policy is not the only change at Framingham: Staff will be required to wear identification badges at school. That move is an attempt to keep track of people who should not be on school property.
Green said the policy will only make students feel uncomfortable, and will not stop students from breaking the rules.
"I think it is more of a scare tactic," she said. "Something bad is going to happen everywhere."
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