School Denies That 12-Year-Old Girls Were Strip-Searched

Four 12-year-old girls were subjected to strip searches in their middle school nurse’s office, at Binghamton’s East Middle School on Jan. 15 because they seemed hyper and giddy during their lunch hour and were suspected of possessing drugs. Google Maps

BINGHAMTON, N.Y.—An upstate New York school district denied Jan. 24 that four 12-year-old girls were subjected to strip searches in their middle school nurse’s office, an allegation that brought a throng of community members to a school board meeting to demand answers and disciplinary action against staff members.

200 concerned residents packed a Binghamton School Board meeting in response to four 12-year-old girls being strip searched by East Middle School administrators. Google Maps