What happened to these students is a travesty. The school had no right to conduct these searches.

There is nothing in Ohio law that authorizes school personnel to remove the clothing of children. Strip searches far exceeded the authority or even need in this case.

The school had several opportunities to prevent this situation. They could have called the police to report the theft, they could have let the two young women check their vehicles to confirm they did not leave the items in them and they could have called parents to inform them of the thefts and any action they were considering. The administration did none of those things, instead choosing to humiliate and violate 20 teenagers by conducting intrusive illegal searches.

There were 17 kids in the junior division and five of them were Kyle's present or former students. Kyle was a little relieved that he didn't have to compete against his students. He had won (the junior division) a couple years ago and he wanted one of his students to win it.

Programs such as this almost always prove to be ineffective in gathering information on possible terrorists. Even though they are created with the best of intentions, they only serve to reinforce stereotypes and cause innocent people to be subjected to government scrutiny.

A paleontologist searches for others things like teeth, claws, footprints and skin. They search for these clues in rocks that have preserved the dinosaurs for millions of years.