bombM – I personally would not object, as long as it is done in a menschlech, quiet manner, not with someone barking at me, “EMPTY YOUR POCKETS!!!!” You forget, a Yeshivah cannot be compared to an illegal search and seizure by cope, because in America, a cop must have a search warrant which has been executed properly for CAUSE, because there is a Bill of Rights. The B of R do NOT apply to a private school, as there is strict separation of church and State to circumvent that. A school is not a democracy, and the principal has to run the school according to school policy. If he oversteps his bounds, the parent body can respond to that as a group, if they desire, take their kids out of the school, or abide by the rules.
Unless a principal is a total control freak, no one would start making boys empty their pockets without a good reason. I sued the term” nefarious” btw, because it is just a cool word. I love it! I was toying with “evil” or “reasons of malfeasance”, or “sinister,” but nefarious was perfect. let’s get real. We know what kids would be doing all day if they could. My son is a GREAT young man, responsible, voluntarily works with both elderly patients with dementia, and with children of developmental delays or with life-threatening conditions, but when he is home late at night when he is not learning with his chavrusa, he is on that cellphone, texting constantly, even in the middle of a verbal converation with someone else. It is annoying, addicting, and unnecessary. This generation is becoming the one that no longer knows how to have a real and complete conversation. But they no hw 2 spl gr8. TTYL.