An argument led to a shooting in 2019, killing a 25-year-old outside Club Fenix in Orange County and now, the accused shooter is being offered a plea deal, according to the victim’s family.
Florida principal sparked a wave of outrage after she was filmed spanking a child with a paddle.
Melissa Carter, principal of the Central Elementary School in Clewiston, Florida, was captured on camera while hitting a six-year-old child using a paddle. The distressing footage was recorded by the kidâs mother, who was frozen in fear at the time.
A 6yo child in FL. was beaten by her school principal, in front of her mother, for damage she allegedly caused to a computer. â ï¸ this video is graphic. Itâs infuriating, outrageous & shocking & the principal is now under criminal investigation. https://t.co/M3cIZeTMKapic.twitter.com/HPAcbYXlXe
That the prohibition in her own school district did not protect the Florida first-grader from being hit is just one example of how corporal punishment persists even in places where the practice is explicitly outlawed.
About a dozen school districts in states where corporal punishment is banned reported using it on students more than 300 times during the 2017-18 school year, according to an analysis by The 74 of the most recent civil rights data from the US Department of Education. And in Louisiana, a state where paddling is permitted except on students with disabilities, data shows that special education students were hit nearly 100 times in 2017-18. Years of data have shown that students of color and those with disabilities are disproportionately subjected to corporal punishment, a practice that goes on despite a substantial body of research showing its harmful effects on youth development.
Get essential education news and commentary delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up here for The 74’s daily newsletter. When a Florida elementary school principal was caught on video spanking a 6-year-old girl with a wooden paddle last month, it sparked national outrage and a criminal investigation. But for those who believed the principal should […]