One Miami Valley community is debating privacy versus safety in a very public way. Yellow Springs parents and students are divided over the use of drug dog searches.Yellow Springs is the only high school in Greene county that doesn’t use K-9s but the principal wants to change that. Administrators are holding a series of community meetings to discuss the process and both sides are making their opinions heard.
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“People are saying a lot of things about talking and figuring out problems,” said Yellow Springs High School junior Colby Silvert. “That’s a lot better than bringing in dogs. I think there is a problem but the drug dogs aren’t quite the right solution.”
“We want to make sure we’re doing it in way that’s not intrusive,” said teacher Terry Graham. “We don’t want to scare anybody, but we don’t want drugs on the premises.”
The final decision lies with the principal, who has said he wants the searches to happen. The school board will discuss the issue once more Thursday night.
