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Another anecdote: a friend of mine had weed in his locker in high school, and a random search by drug dogs didn't find it. The locker was vented, so it wasn't an airflow issue.

A huge proportion of popular forensic techniques are BS, including "psychological profiling" that has been glorified on many TV shows.

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TBH the drug dog searches at schools are more about getting dumb kids to go grab it to try and dump.

As well as training kids that it's normal and expected to be searched by the police without warrant.

Well, maybe the lesson there is that you are subject to warrantless search when on other people's (or govt) property. I don't think kids are under the illusion that they own their lockers...

Perhaps not own in the "i can sell it" way. I think some number of high schoolers that have never had their lockers searched, including myself many years ago, assumed their lockers ensured a level of privacy.

So... if I leave my house, am I subject to a warrantless search? (The road is government property, after all.)

The answer is no, I'm not (at least in theory; there are so many exceptions that you really are).

Moreover, you're not required to enter "other people's (or govt) property". Kids are required to go to school.

The reality is that students have been shafted by the Supreme Court ignoring what the Constitution says.

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