What would you do if your child said "they had to be poop searched at school"?

PO1 Michael Johnson — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:56:47 -0500

On Monday, several school children reported being divided into male and female groups at a school in the small North Texas town of Gustine, where they were ordered to enter separate rooms and expose their underwear for “poop inspections.”

The school’s justification? Faculty members “have been finding poop on the gym floor,” according to WFAA

Medina’s mother, Maria, says she was angered when she learned teachers told kids “To pull down their pants to check them to see if they could find anything.”

“I was furious… I mean, I was furious,” the outraged mother said. “If you can’t do your job or you don’t know what you’re doing, you need to be fired. You shouldn’t be here.”

The Gustine Independent School District Superintendent, Ken Baugh, reportedly condemned the school’s invasive search for the serial pooper

“That’s not appropriate, and we do not condone that. So you would take disciplinary action,” Baugh told WFAA.

However, the superintendent also said he was under the impression that kids had only been asked to “lower their pants just a little,” according to reports he’d reviewed.

Eliza countered the educator’s claim, describing the underwear search as going all the way down to “Like… to where your butt is.”

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 28 at 2015 3:14 PM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:14:35 -0500

First, PO1 Michael Johnson, I would probably be upset. Second I would wonder why teachers or administrators had not sent a note home beforehand to alert parents to the problem. And third, I would probably complain to the next higher level, the school district superintendent, to let him know that I think this is completely unacceptable behavior by teachers.