High school drug searches show respect for students

Re: High school drug raids are insult to students, June 12.

Letter-writer Maggie Euteneier claims that "our school has no respect
or trust in its students." Well, that is exactly why these police
raids are carried out -- to protect and respect her right to study in
an environment that is free of drugs and all their associated issues.

Schools such as Immaculata have a student body of 14- to 19-year-olds
dealing with the angst, peer pressures and social dilemmas that all
high school students face. School authorities should not be looking
the other way and allowing drugs to be a part of everyday school life.
Teenagers have enough to worry about, what with seeking good grades
and making their way through the social network of a typical high school.

I highly doubt that a four-hour intervention by police once or twice a
year is creating a "hostile environment of fear."

Marilyn Carkner

Ottawa

educational assistant, Lester B. Pearson High School