[Jimbo]

Ok...you make a very strong point here my friend.
I tell you what I will do when my kid gets in school.
I will have my lawyer draw up a legal paper that informs them of his rights of search and seizure of his person or his personal property that will require them to have myself and my lawyer present for any such searches and I will also have a denial of drug testing permission for him to keep with him at all times, so that he can just hand it to them if they try to throw that kind of power around at him...I will not stand for it.
I am way too informed to sit back and let them intimidate my son's innocents with scare tactics.
I will sue the fork out of them if they fail to comply with me about this...they will not search his person or car without me and my lawyer there...under any circumstances and my son will have my permission to leave school if they try that crap...then I will go back up their with him and inform them of his rights in person.
Even cops have to respect your rights for a lawyer to be present for any searches to be conducted...and the last I checked, teachers and school staff were not law enforcement agents...so my answer for them will be..."NO, YOU MAY NOT!!!"