Most schools require a note from the doctor to allow even nonprescription medication. That's beside the point. They still shouldn't search based on uncorroborated accusations.
I agree. Most schools do require it. Our Catholic K-8 school and our public high school require a note for ANY meds. My eldest couldn’t use her inhaler herself, could keep it on her of course, but had to go to the nurse’s office whenever she needed it (catholic grade school). In her public high school, as long as she has a note on file, she can use it in her classroom. The latter makes sense to me because she only uses it during an attack. Also, by the time she was in 5th grade, I told her to just leave the room and use it in the girls room. I see the point, the nurse wanted to make sure she was having one, etc. I figured by the time she was in 5th grade, she knew herself. The do that for ALL script meds. And, they’re not even allowed advil or motrin or tylenol OTC - it has to be in the original bottle (same with scripts) and kept in the nurse’s office.
The public high school is fine with the inhaler being used by the teen themselves. however, they aren’t allowed to carry ANY OTC meds or script meds on them (other than the inhaler). My soph was sick, migraine or serious headache so I sent her to school with motrin OTC but she didn’t leave the house with it because she didn’t want to get caught and get in trouble. I told her to just go to the ladies room and take it but no...
Bottom line, what was done to this 13 yr old is criminal and before I sued the district I would have been arrested for assaulting whomever did that to my kid.