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The school had several opportunities to prevent this situation. They could have called the police to report the theft, they could have let the two young women check their vehicles to confirm they did not leave the items in them and they could have called parents to inform them of the thefts and any action they were considering. The administration did none of those things, instead choosing to humiliate and violate 20 teenagers by conducting intrusive illegal searches.

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What happened to these students is a travesty. The school had no right to conduct these searches.
— Christine Link
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The police came and were very supportive. Forty-five minutes after the theft, a lady found an empty box in Covent Garden. The box has been fingerprinted.
— David Pugh
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The police came and were very supportive. Forty-five minutes after the theft, a lady found an empty box in Covent Garden. The box has been fingerprinted,
— David Pugh
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There is nothing in Ohio law that authorizes school personnel to remove the clothing of children. Strip searches far exceeded the authority or even need in this case.
— Christine Link
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They called 911 and reported it to the police,
— Charles Parker
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