Texas school district reportedly approves paddling as a disciplinary measure
A school district in Texas approved a measure that would allow paddling as a form of punishment starting in the upcoming academic year.
Three Rivers Independent School District in South Texas passed the new system Tuesday. It allows "campus behavior coordinators and/or the principal" to administer corporal punishment with a witness present, according to the text of the policy. The witness must be of the opposite sex of the student.
Parents who are enrolling their children have the right to exempt their children from paddling. Those registering students for the upcoming school year can opt out by signing a document attached to the school's registration packet. They may also submit a signed written letter addressing the principal.
According to the Texas Education Code, corporal punishment is defined as the "deliberate infliction of physical pain by hitting, paddling, spanking, slapping, or any other physical force used as a means of discipline."
Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/local/education/campus-chronicles/article/Texas-school-district-reportedly-approves-11302653.php
I was expecting that it would be school district I attended which is 10 miles south of Three Rivers.
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The fourth grade teacher was the principal and she paddled kids, I remember. It was scary stuff. I remember knowing it happened in the fourth grade boys' cloakroom. It was an older school, has now been replaced by a convenience store. And I think she used a ping pong paddle.
It mainly happened to two boys in my third grade class. They were incorrigible and scared the rest of the kids. I also believe they were older than everyone else, must have been held back and they didn't pass third grade, either. Definitely a terrible start in life...
But I don't ever remember it causing an uproar with anybody. It was disturbing enough to me that I must have mentioned it to my parents. It seems kind of shocking now.
At least the parents there can opt out. What parents would opt in? But then there are all manner of parents. Somehow I don't think these boys' parents went to PTA... 
