carolinaprincess raises a question. I think the kid took the money fully intending to keep it, because someone who intends to return it doesn't "dive" for it, he bends over, picks it up and hands it back. He realized he was in trouble and ditched it. Think he slipped it to another kid? For some reason I don't think the girl had it when Snowflake was dragged off in chains to be brutalized.

Whoever had it may have been victimized by this kid in the past and saw a chance to get even by grabbing it after Snowflake tossed it back on the floor when he'd been caught(remember, 7-8 kids and 2 teachers said he had it). I'd want to know where that money was in the unaccounted-for time, and who else was involved. Not to punish, just to have all the pieces. After all, someone lost her job over this. Strike while the iron is hot.

How about letting him empty his pockets, all of them, inside out. Empty the book bag too. No money? You know how these young rugrats lie on each other. The teacher should have known this after 28 years and handled it in a different manner. The rules have changed and she should have been aware of that too.

I read Ms. Holmes statement...what a whitewash she does to herself. Perhaps we should call her Mother Theresa. Regardless of what this kid has done in the past she had no business stripping him down to his boxers.How humiliating...and then giving him a sermon about building character. Why didn`t the school call his parents ? She should be fired. Our public schools are full of incompetent so-called "educators"....no wonder the schools are failing.

It does not matter whether this child were an "angel" or not. It does not matter if the parent was a good parent or not. This administrator SHOULD NOT have searched an elementary child without the knowledge of the parent first period. The administrators and teachers of the Sampson County School System are well known for doing whatever they please whenever they please. This child will not forget this incident and noone will know how it impacts him until he is much older. An apology does not cut it........Defiant

Maybe you chose not to read the entire article; the teacher did NOHING WRONG!!!!!

Several, (NOT 1, BUT SEVERAL), students accused the boy of taking $20 from another student, and Holmes says she searched the boy because he had lied several times during the school year.

The school system says Holmes was within her legal authority to conduct the search but that the decision to do so "may have been overzealous."

What a shame that a 28 year career is reduced to a single incident. - canoe42

Yeah, but wow, what an incident. I can't believe the woman thought this was a good idea.