Sunday, October 03, 2010

Strip search of girl tests limits of school policy

Follow this link to New York Times story. When you have finished the story, return and answer the following questions on paper.

1. Which of the following best describes Savanah Redding's days at the school immediately following the strip search?

A. Students made fun of her

B. Cyberbullies created a website about her.

C. She was called into the office several more times.

D. She did not return to the school.

2. What caused school officials to conduct the search?

A. Savanah had been suspected of serving alcohol to other students.

B. She had been caught with drugs on an earlier occasion.

C. It was a random search and she was the one who was picked.

D. She won a contest.

3. In what way did Judge Wardlaw disagree with the other judges?

A. He believed school officials had no right to search Savanah.

B. He believed school officials had a good reason to conduct the search.

C. He thought school officials should have obtained a search warrant.

D. He could see both sides of the issue.

4. What does the word "inebriation" mean as it is used in the article?

A. bad behavior

B. getting carried away

C. being rowdy

4. being drunk


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