When we talk about invading privacy, students have a big problem, including random drug tests, police searches, and teachers taking your phone and going through it. Where is the line drawn between privacy and safety? Students are protected by the fourth amendment unless you go to a private school, where most likely your parents sign waivers granting all teachers and faculty access to their belongings and allowing unreasonable searches. A student’s personal information, regarding home life, grades, health inquiries, are not granted if the teacher does not teach you. If a teacher has your information and they do not teach you, this invades the (FERPA) right, “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.” Personal devices and digital monitoring are growing privacy concerns. Schools may monitor school-owned laptops or networks, but not private devices off campus without a clear safety justification. Schools are responsible for preventing school violence, bullying, and self-harm, which sometimes may require metal detectors and or surveillance. Security camera or social media monitoring can be justified if there’s a credible threat or pattern of harm. However, these measures must be narrowly tailored, focused on safety, not general discipline or curiosity. I believe for a bathroom instance, no teacher should be able to share the same bathroom as a student. Teachers should not be able to strip a student down based on unreasonable suspicion. “A school district used laptops with webcams and software that took images every 15 minutes under a “theft tracking” justification. One student was accused of drug dealing based on an image from his room; the district settled the case for $610,000.” This is an example of a reach of privacy. Taking pictures from a students device and having a statement like that shows that teachers and faculty draw the line way to much.