In recent years, K-9 sweeps of schools by police have raised concerns that these searches may violate students' constitutional rights. While some area school districts have allowed sweeps, others have not embraced the practice. In the past year, the Colonial Board of School Directors has resisted requests by local police to perform K-9 searches of hallway lockers in district schools. A letter from the school board's attorney claims that merely having a suspicion and not hard evidence of student drug use on campus is an insufficient reason to let the police dogs routinely search school lockers. [continues 669 words]