SEARCHES BY DOGS A BIT OF OVERKILL

To The Editor:

My son came home Jan. 30 and told me the drug dogs were in school that day.

I asked him if this was the first time and he said no, they do this every
month or so. I was appalled. This is middle school! One minute we teach our
children about their civil rights and then in the next minute show them
that those rights don't mean crap. Yes, drugs in school are a problem, but
they're not new. There were plenty of drugs in school when I was there
(30-plus years ago).

Are we going in the right direction? When my child can be searched without
legal, or better yet, parental supervision, we're headed for trouble. A
menstruating girl can't take a Midol or a student take an aspirin for a
simple headache without fear of suspension. Any prescribed medication has
to be dispensed from the office. Heck, children get detention now for a burp.

Something's wrong with this picture. I am not condoning drug use by any
means, but to use my father's favorite phrase, "There's a difference
between scratching your butt and tearing it all to pieces."

Well, guess what, friends and neighbors? Hitler even knew to go to the
children first. Are we slowly becoming a police state and silently
convincing our children this is OK?

Next it will be you and I, and by then it will be too late because our kids
will be in charge. When are we, as parents, going to start taking
responsibility for teaching our children about life and quit expecting
someone else to do it for us? Leave scholastics to the schools. Everything
else should be taken care of at home!

Don't the powers that be have enough control already?

K.A. McCOY, Horse Shoe