All lockers in the Lansing School District are the property of the district and are under the supervision of the school principal or designated representative. At no time does the district relinquish its exclusive control of its lockers. Students are prohibited from placing private locks on school lockers. Authorized personnel shall remove any private locks placed on school lockers.
School lockers are assigned to students for their convenience and temporary use. Students are to use school lockers exclusively to store school-related materials and authorized personal items such as outer garments, footwear, grooming aids, and lunch. Students are solely responsible for the contents of their lockers and may not share their locker or locker combination with other students.
Random searches of school lockers will be conducted.Authorized personnel may search lockers and locker contents at any time, without notice, and without student or parent/guardian consent. A certified detection dog and handler may be used to conduct random searches of lockers. Two (2) adults shall be present during a locker search.
If a law enforcement officer desiring to search a locker assigned to a student has a search warrant for such search, the principal or his/her designee shall immediately take such officer to the locker assigned to the student and permit him/her to search the locker. Whenever possible, such search shall be made in the presence of the principal or his/her designee. A law enforcement officer may search a locker without a search warrant if given consent to search by the person to whom the locker is assigned.
If a law enforcement officer, other than an officer of the Lansing School District Department of Public Safety, desires to search a locker assigned to a student without a warrant, the principal or his/her designee shall ask what facts lead the officer to believe that evidence of a crime will be lost, destroyed or moved if the search and seizure did not take place immediately, before a warrant is obtained. If the school principal or his/ her designee is not of the same opinion as the officer, he/she will permit the officer to proceed on his/her own authority but shall not participate in the search. The principal or his/her designee shall immediately report the incident to the Director of Public Safety, who will notify the officer’s superior of the incident.
