If there was a clause in the contract which gave the school the right to search for contraband,this is a mute point. Waste of time arguing with that.
No it's not a moot point. There are some contract clauses that are void or overruled by law (state or federal). There is also the
Statute of Frauds (which actually have nothing to do with fraud).
But that wasn't my point. My point was that this seems to be an arbitrary and capricious violation of the students' trust. The fact that the students agreed to it (probably by signing a standard 15 page document they didn't even read), does nothing to diminish the ill will and sense of mistrust the school has brought upon itself.