Missouri school district reinstates spanking students as ‘last resort’
by Maya Yang from US news | The Guardian on (#62WH4)
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.
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