Iowa District Pays $300K Over Strip Searches

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By Eric Stidman

Story Created: Oct 1, 2011 at 7:53 PM CDT

Story Updated: Oct 1, 2011 at 7:53 PM CDT

ATLANTIC, Iowa (AP) - The Atlantic school district has agreed to
pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed over student strip searches.

Settlement documents released by the district show the families
of three girls will each get $100,000. Other details of the
settlement were confidential.

The families' lawsuit had said the girls were strip-searched in
a locker room in August 2009 after a classmate reported the theft
of $100 from her purse. No money was found. The lawsuit claimed the
girls' state and federal rights against unreasonable searches had
been violated, as was an Iowa law that specifically prohibits
strip-searching students.

A trial had been scheduled for last month but it was canceled
after the settlement was reached.

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