DID YOU KNOW THAT TWENTY-TWO STATES HERE IN THE US STILL ALLOW PADDLING
IN SCHOOLS! THEY EVEN ALLOW FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES TO BE
PADDLED!
I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA,WE CAN NOT USE CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, I CHECKED
MANY TIMES AS MINE GREW UP! LETS SAY IF I WAS TO USE THE BELT, I WOULD
GO TO JAIL!
IF YOU WERE TO SLAP A TEENAGER WHO'S MOUTH COMPLETELY DESERVED IT,
AGAIN, YOU THE PARENT WOULD GO TO JAIL!
NOW DO YOU THINK THAT THE PARENTS IN THOSE TWENTY-TWO STATES GET TO
PUT HANDS ON THEIR KIDS? OR IS IT ONLY THE EDUCATORS WHO DECIDE IF
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IS THE BEST OPTION FOR A CHILD?
NOW US CONGRESS WOMAN CAROLYN MCCARTHY ALONG WITH THE A.C.L.U.
IS LEADING A BILL "THE ENDING OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS ACT"
TO DO AWAY WITH ALL PADDLING IN U.S. SCHOOLS!
IN APRIL, A TEXAS CITY VOTED TO RE INSTITUTE PADDLING, THIS STORY WAS CARRIED BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND NOW HERE WE ARE.
I FOUND A CODE OF CONDUCT SCHOOL ISSUE FROM ALEXANDER AL SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL YEAR IS 2010-2011
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
As a last resort method to maintain discipline or to enforce school rules prior to expulsion, a
principal or designate may administer corporal punishment (paddling) through moderate use of
physical force or physical contact. Such punishment shall be administered under conditions
which do not hold the student to ridicule or shame and which punishment is never in the
presence of other students. No student is required to submit to corporal punishment.
A student's parent/guardian may make a written request that his/her child be exempted from
corporal punishment and that an alternative punishment be given that is acceptable to the
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principal. If an alternative is acceptable to the principal but is not effective, the use of corporal
punishment may be reinstated with or without the student's parent/guardian consent.
The procedures listed below must be followed to guarantee proper and legally required due
process on behalf of the student:
1. The student must have been informed previously that his/her behavior could bring
about the use of corporal punishment.
2. Prior to corporal punishment, initial efforts and/or alternative methods should be
taken in an attempt to modify the student's behavior.
3. The administration of corporal punishment must occur in the presence of another
certified employee, but only after:
a. the school employee is informed about the reasons for punishment in the
presence of the student;
b. the student is given the opportunity to deny or admit his/her guilt; and
c. it has been determined that the instrument to be used to corporal punish is
appropriate for the age and physical size of the student being punished.
4. No more than three licks shall be administered to a student's buttocks.
5. Whenever corporal punishment is administered, a written report shall be made and a
copy forwarded to the child's parent/guardian.
6. No instrument shall be used that might produce physical injury to the student, no part
of the body above or below the buttocks may be struck, and the number of strokes
and severity thereof shall be reasonable and moderate.
7. Only paddles are to be used in administering corporal punishment and are to be
made from a general and smooth wood product and conformed to the following
maximum sizes per dimension: Grades K-6: Length 7 1/2", Width 3 1/2", Thickness
1/4", and Handle Length 4". Grades 7-12: Length 13", Width 5", Thickness 3/8", and
Handle Length 4".
WHAT I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO SAY IF I COULD OF ONLY HAD ONE OF THOSE PADDLES HANGING ON THE WALL!
