See Thursday's opinion by Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove (E.D. Ky.) in Lawson v. Creely for his answers to these questions. The bottom line:
School employees and officials are bestowed with a societal responsibility to keep their pupils safe from harm. As this case demonstrates, that high degree of responsibility can sometimes conflict with the individual rights of others. Here, Holly Lawson's individual [Fourth Amendment] rights were infringed by her colleagues. For the reasons explained above, however, her civil action cannot succeed.
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