Wednesday, November 24, 2004

In Memphis, a Battle Won, the Paddle Lost

sometimes using paddling as punishment for untucked uniforms or athletic underperformance. . . . . (SNIP) Statistics from the 2003-2004 school year showed that teachers and staff had administered 27,918 paddlings among the district's more than 118,000 students. Use of the paddle varied widely in each school — with Airways Middle School accounting for 9% of paddlings. Thirty-eight of the district's 192 schools did not use paddling.

They still paddle children? This in School not Guantanamo Bay.

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