A Florida school principal did not commit a crime when she paddled a 6-year-old girl on the buttocks, as she appeared to have been asked by the child s mother to discipline the girl, according to a review by the state attorney s office.
A Florida school principal did not commit a crime when she paddled a 6-year-old girl on the buttocks, as she appeared to have been asked by the child’s mother to discipline the girl, according to a review by the state attorney’s office.
The girl’s mother secretly recorded the incident at Central Elementary School in Clewiston, Florida, on April 13 after the school phoned her to say her daughter had damaged computer equipment. The family’s attorney, Brent Probinsky, said the woman was told to bring $50 to the school to pay for damages and that sometimes children were paddled.
A Florida elementary school principal has reportedly been placed on administrative leave as authorities investigate whether or not to charge her for allegedly spanking a student with a paddle
Floridaprosecutors have determined that no crime was committed after video circulated of an elementary school principal using a paddle to spank a 6-year-old girl whose mother secretly recorded it on video and alleged battery and child abuse.
Video of the incident shows Central Elementary School Principal Melissa Carter paddling a crying first-grader’s behind and demanding she apologize, improve her behavior and treat her mother better. Upon review of the totality of the evidence and the law, it does not appear that any crime was committed by Ms. Carter in this case, State Attorney Amira D. Fox’s office said in a statement Friday.