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> Children don't really have property rights

Yes, they do.

> and even if they did, courts have consistently ruled that the bill of rights is reduced in school settings.

Courts have ruled that there are specific interests in school that meet the generally applicable (not special, weaker) standards applicable for permissible action where rights protected in the Bill of Rights are involved.

But establishing categories of and confiscating contraband is... not a disputed state power, in any case.




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