Experiences, Realities, and the Future: What the End of Random Searches Means to Students [fixschooldiscipline.org]
By Elvia Perez, Fix School Discipline, October 23, 2019 I am a recent LAUSD graduate and student rights activist. I believe that ending the random search policy is a tremendous victory for the #StudentsNotSuspects Coalition[1] who have spent years fighting for this very moment. I co-founded the Students Deserve chapter at my high school, in hopes of bringing an end to these “random” searches, as they serve to criminalize, traumatize, and degrade racial and ethnic groups. Students Deserve is...