STRATFORD QUESTIONS

In response to the drug raid at Stratford High School, we would have to say
we are against the way the police went about it. As students at Stratford
and by no means criminals, we are a little upset.

We are not traumatized by the incident, but a little disappointed by the
procedure the police followed. Was the raid necessary? Maybe, but it could
have been gone about in a different way.

Police say they were targeting certain kids who exhibited suspicious
behavior on the surveillance cameras days before. Why were these students
not simply taken out of class and searched then? This entire situation
could have been avoided by simply doing that.

We do not feel that Mr. McCrackin should be fired or dismissed. We do feel
that he and the Goose Creek Police Department should simply explain
themselves. After that, we can figure out what to do, but until then,
people will continue to be upset and angered by the footage seen on the one
surveillance camera. By the way, there is more than one camera in the main
hall. Where are the other tapes?

MEGAN NOE

Ladson

BRAXTON NORVELL

Goose Creek