Pros and cons of locker searches?

Answer 1

I'd say there are loads of pros for school lockers, and they heavily outweigh the cons which usually just come down to expense.

I'd suggest a few pros would be -

•Reduce the amount students have to carry around all day, which is better for both the school infrastructure and students health.

•Provides security for students property which often isn't covered by school insurance.

•Keep i-pods, mobile phones etc out of the classroom by ensuring they're stored in lockers.

Also, we will know what people store in their lockers and because that's the way you find drugs or guns in school so the kids wont get hurt.

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Answer 2

The National Education Association provides the following statistics:

Every school day:

· at least 100,000 students bring guns to school.

· 160,000 students skip classes because they fear physical harm.

· 40 students are hurt or killed by firearms.

· 6,250 teachers are threatened with bodily injury.

· 260 teachers are physically assaulted.

· more Americans were killed by handguns between 1990 to 1992 (over 70,000) than were killed in Vietnam during the war (47,364). (Scrivner, n.d.)