Question

Read the thesis statement about conducting school locker searches.

A school's right to search student lockers to keep things safe for the community might be a necessary thing.

Which is the best revision of the underlined portion of the sentence?
A.) may keep things safe for students, which makes it necessary.
B.) maintains the necessary safety of the student environment.
C.) is necessary to maintain a safe environment for students.
D.) no change

Answer 1

The correct answer to the question is C) is necessary to maintain a safe environment for students.

The underlined portion "to keep things safe for the community might be a necessary thing" refers to the students as 'the community' and appeals to its safetiness by enhancing the school locker searches as a necessary action however it leaves the statement open for discussion or doubt hence, by changing it to "A school's right to search student lockers is necessary to maintain a safe environment for students" leaves no doubt about what needs to be done and provides a benefit after the action is done.

Answer 2

Option C) is necessary to maintain a safe environment for students.  So, we can rephrase it :" A school's right to search student lockers is necessary to maintain a safe environment for students". Community stands for students . A) is wrong because 'may'  is not used to express rule-driven language.  B) is grammatically wrong since it should have read ".... student's environment."