In re Elvin G.

Lippman, P.J., and Catterson, J.,

dissent in a memorandum by Catterson, J., as follows: I must respectfully dissent for the following reasons:

Whatever the latitude possessed by school authorities in conducting searches for the purpose of restoring order, a minimum legal standard nevertheless exists.

That standard requires a balancing of the relevant interests; that is the interests of the students in privacy and the school authorities in maintaining order, as well as a determination that the measures adopted were reasonably related to the objective of the search.

Here, the school authorities…