Let me say this,,,,,if that was my daughter, the principal and I would definetly have had WORDS, actually, my daughter probably would have stood her ground against being searched. I’m sure I would have gotten a phone call.
A 13yo might tend to be more easily intimidated, though not all 13yos are. As a shy, innocent 13yo, I would've gone along with whatever the school told me. But, as a not-so-innocent, argumentative 15yo, I didn't even let high school administrators search my purse.
The administrators would tell my tough-talking friends to empty their purses routinely, and they always complied. When the dean told me to empty my purse, I said, "Do you have a warrant?" Needless to say, the dean didn't even touch my purse.
I wonder what would happen to a kid who refused today like I did oh-so-many years ago. If this 13yo had refused the strip search, I doubt the school officials would've forced her into a strip search. They relied on the fact that she was a nice girl who would follow orders.
Not sure it would help but maybe letting them know ahead of time would make principals like this guy think twice about such "no big deal" strip searches.