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Incoming school board member Carol Ely supports paddling as a form of discipline, and she may have the support to influence the school board to vote in the affirmative.
Ely was the principal at Ocala's Shady Hill Elementary for 14 years, where she administered corporal punishment. She said it worked, and she wants to bring it back.
"It was very effective the way we implemented it. We only did it on very small occasions, but it was for children who were chronic [misbehavers]," Ely said.
During her experience as principal, Ely said she saw firsthand that paddling was more effective than other forms of punishment, like suspension.
"The return rate of children for corporal punishment has been almost zero," she said.
If the Marion County School Board brings the paddling initiative up for a vote this fall, Ely said it would only be used as a last resort with parent permission.
Some parents said they would sign off on the practice if their child acted out. Read full story...
Also see:
Male Texas School Official Spanks Teen Girl - New York Daily News - A Texas school district voted to change its corporal punishment policy after the story of a teen girl who was paddled by a male vice principal...
Is Corporal Punishment an Effective Means of Discipline? - apa.org - Authors Elizabeth Gershoff and Robert Larzelere analyzed 62 years worth of collected data from 88 studies on corporal punishment to...
Which States Have Corporal Punishment in Schools? - Family Education - Is spanking a child for breaking school rules a useful or destructive practice? Parents and educators are sharply divided. Twenty-one states allow some form of corporal punishment while twenty-nine have banned the practice...
