ACLU loudly condemns alleged strip searches at Atlantic High School
This past summer, in the first weeks of the school year, Iowans became aware of a disturbing story out of Atlantic, Iowa, regarding accusations of inappropriate conduct by school officials. It was reported that several high school girls had been forced to submit to a strip search after another female student claimed that $100 in cash had been stolen.
Rather than investigate the credibility of story of the missing money, school officials reportedly forced five girls to take their gym clothes off in the locker room in front of a female faculty member. At least one of the teenage girls allegedly had to strip off her underwear and bra in order to comply with the demands of the faculty member. No money was ever found, and it is unclear whether it ever existed at all.
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