School Paddling Makes Comeback In Texas Town
April 16, 2010 2:39 p.m. EST
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor
Temple, TX, United States (AHN) – Paddling of misbehaving students is making a comeback in one small Texas town. The head of the local school board says that without paddling, there were no consequences for kids.
Students in Temple’s 14 schools now have to fear paddling in addition to detention and other school punishment since a unanimous vote in May by lawmakers.
Temple, a town of only 60,000, initially banned the practice of paddling. However, at the insistence of parents longing for the order a paddle seemingly brought to a classroom re-initiated the disciplinary measure.
Only one student has so far received a whack across the bottom.
The school board administrator said that high school students are behaving better and even some locals are supporting the “whack” policy.
The new disciplinary measure has brought the idea of school corporal punishment to the forefront of the minds of both advocates and opponents. Namely, the legality of it.
Currently corporal punishment is legal in 20 states, including Texas.
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