Missouri school district reinstates spanking students as ‘last resort’

Cassville superintendent says a survey last year revealed that additional discipline measures was parents' major concern

A Missouri school district has decided to reinstate corporal punishment in its classrooms, allowing students to be punished with a paddle under a new policy.

The school board approved the policy in June and notified parents that Missouri's Cassville school district is bringing back spanking - a disciplinary measure abandoned by the district in 2001, according to the Springfield News Leader.