Re: Confiscating Pagers, Cell Phones etc..

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From: Steve Punter
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 00:00

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>Actually I believe the answer to your question would be yes. When
>you child is at school the guardians have temporarily handed over
>parental rights to the school (the school is as responsible for the
>child's welfare as a parent would).

This argument is tenuous if the student is 16 years of age or older, and
clearly does not apply if the student is 18 years of age or older. Given
that an 18 year-old is LEGALLY an adult, I don't see that a school would
have any legal grounds to confiscate private property. Yes they could
suspend the student if he failed to comply with a REQUEST to hand over a
pager or cell phone, but that might be opening a can of worms best left
untouched.
--
Steve Punter
http://www.arcx.com/sites

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