Schools having random locker searches is unreasonably and unfair to the students! Schools shouldn’t do locker searches because they could be implying that students are untrustworthy, but not only are they indicating that, locker searches may make the students have lack of trust. If you search their locker randomly and they have personal matters such as photos or letters that they hide in there and you look at it, they would feel less comfortable and not trust you. It would make the student be distant and won't have a bond with their teacher,administrator and/or peers. Students’ lack of trust can also create other issues. For example; say a student is having personal problems and they have nobody to talk to except for their guidance counselor, they won’t trust them enough to tell them about it, so they keep it all to themselves. They would soon become stressed and sad but they …show more content…
To conduct a locker search the school must alert the school board, parents, administrators and teachers before hand. The school would also need to hire more security, which is costly since they get paid an average about $40,000 per year. Students and teacher would also need to give up their valuable time to be able to conduct these locker searches. It would take at least 2-3 days to complete the search. Locker searches seem to be a lot of work and time consuming so that wouldn’t be the best idea. An alternative route schools can take is instead of having locker searches, they can get metal detectors to prevent weapons such as guns/knives and/or drugs being on school property. It would be just effective as locker searches. It also ensures that nobody gets hurt and if someone decides to bring a weapon to school they can stop it at the door instead of waiting for someone to get hurt, then taking action. It’s less likely for students to sneak in harmful things that can put themselves or others in