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Subject: Re: personal rights of minors
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Date: Wed, 27-Aug-86 01:27:25 EDT
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To: eliot lear <lear@topaz.rutgers.edu>


I don't know about strip searches, but in Harford County, Maryland,
students are not judged to have any civil rights.  They can be
suspended from school without confronting their accusers.  They can be
arbitrarily hauled out of class and forced to reveal the contents of
their pockets and wallets.  They are suspended first and have their
hearing with a representative of the Superintendent later.  The
Superintendent decides on long term suspension and expulsion
(therefore acting as judge) but he does not preside over the hearing.
The hearing is tape recorded and he is presented with a transcript!

It's an irony that Maryland requires or soon will require a student to
demonstrate a basic knowledge of 'citizenship' before being graduated
from high school!

Brint
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