Spank them.but don t leave marks Florida state senator backs principal blasted for paddling girl, 6, in front of her shaken mom as school boss says spanking is a better punishment than suspensions
George Gainer, a Florida state senator, said it is okay to spank children, with a superintendent in his district claiming it works better than suspensions
Gainer said teachers should know how hard they can hit a kid to teach them a lesson, but that they should not leave no marks
The lawmaker represents a district in Northern Florida, where many school districts still allow corporal punishment in schools
Florida school principal will not be charged for paddling student: state attorney
Melissa Carter had a request from the six-year-old student s mother to spank her misbehaving daughter. That mom has since hired an attorney.
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The principal of a Florida elementary school will not face criminal charges after paddling a six-year-old girl in her care.
According to the state attorney,
Melissa Carter had the permission of the child’s mother to discipline her child. It was also the mother, however, who released video footage of the incident that later went viral.
Melissa Carter (left), principal of Central Elementary School in Clewiston, Florida, will not face criminal charges after paddling a six-year-old girl in her care. (Change.org)
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A video secretly taken by the mother and later turned over to law enforcement shows the principal and staff member, both women, holding the girl in place while the principal spanks her three times. The principal explains to the girl why she was being spanked and tells her to apologize to her mother. At no point during the video does the mother object to the punishment. The mother can be heard thanking the principal near the end of the video, officials said.
The mother reported the spanking to the Hendry County Sheriff s Office the next day. She told investigators that there was a language barrier, and she didn t understand what the principal was going to do, officials said. The school staff member said their initial telephone conversation was in Spanish. Clewiston police took over the case, but when their detectives tried to interview the mother, she declined to give a sworn statement, officials said.
Florida principal who spanked girl, 6, wonât be charged
Hendry County school officials declined to comment on whether the principal would face disciplinary action, citing an ongoing investigation.
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Updated May 10
CLEWISTON â A Florida elementary school principal will not be prosecuted for spanking a 6-year-old girl in front of her mother last month, officials said.
The State Attorneyâs Office that covers Hendry County released a memo Friday explaining that corporal punishment is legal in Florida and that the principal of Central Elementary School in Clewiston appeared to have explicit permission from the childâs mother. Clewiston is located near the southwestern shore of Lake Okeechobee.