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Texas spanking: High school district expands corporal punishment | The Raw Story →
Yet another reason to abolish corporal punishment in schools.
Texas spanking: High school district expands corporal punishment (via The Christian Science Monitor)
Like many schools in Texas, “spare the rod and spoil the child” might be considered the motto at Springtown High School. But when two teenage girls there reportedly suffered bruises after being paddled by male assistant principals, some parents complained. They weren’t upset about the punishment itself, but instead that the school violated the policy requiring an educator of the same sex as the student to dole out the paddling. So the school district has changed its policy – to expand, not abolish, corporal punishment. Board members voted Monday night to let administrators paddle students of the opposite sex, after Superintendent Michael Kelley cited a lack of women administrators to carry out spankings. The new policy says a same-gender school official must witness the paddling, which is just one “swat.” In all cases, a parent must give written permission and request it in lieu of another punishment, such as suspension or detention.
…Yet another reason to teach outside Texas. Corporal punishment doesn’t work.
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…Yet another reason to teach outside Texas. Corporal punishment doesn’t work.
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