respected. The school doesn’t find it

necessary to compromise on this issue.

There’s no problem with following the

rules that are strictly enforced and if

someone acts out of conduct and texts

during school hours, then punishment

is deserved. The phones will be taken

up and the student will be fined.

However, ethics can be questioned

on whether or not to look through a

student’s phone without permission.

Want to talk about rules? Here’s one:

don’t invade people’s privacy. The

right of a high school student should

have the same as that of an adult when

it comes to privacy.

This opinion is echoed in

many fellow classmates and teachers.

When asked,

“What do you think when you

see an adult working at this school,

looking through a student’s phone after

it’s been taken up?”

The anonymous source

disagreed and stated, “It’s none of their

business, I don’t even look through my

own wife’s phone!”

They also mentioned, however,

that the phone shouldn’t be out and even

claimed to always have theirs on silent.

The source also made a point to give

another perspective. When teachers

are taking up a student’s phone, it is

not common to look through it, “I

could care less about your phone,

there’s nothing I need!”

There had to be another

opinion. When asked, “Do you

think when students give up their

phone that they must leave in the

battery? Why?,”

Another anonymous source

said, “Yes because whenever they

turn it in, the principal should be

able to go through it and check

to see if they were on it and what

they were doing. I think they have

the right to go through it all if they

wish.”

On page 27 of the Student

Handbook it specifically states-

“Highly intrusive invasions of the

student’s privacy, such as searches

of the student’s person, shall

be conducted only if probable cause

exists to believe that the

student possesses contraband.”

To be perfectly clear,

contraband means, ‘goods whose

importation or exportation or

possession is prohibited by law.’

Where in Texas is it illegal to have

a phone?

What about the fines