“The complaints that we have heard from some of our parents is that they don’t want their students suspended. They want another option,” Superintendent Meryl Johnson said. “And so, this was just ...

COLLINS — At the beginning of every school year, April Johnson oversees the distribution of the Covington County School District student handbook. Tucked into the first half is a section titled ...

A charter school in Georgia sent out consent forms to parents informing them about a corporal punishment that would allow the school to paddle students. Jody Boulineau, superintendent of Georgia ...

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A school district in Missouri is reportedly reinstating corporal punishment under a new policy, which will be used as a last resort and with permission from parents after many expressed a desire for ...

CASSVILLE, Mo. (KOLR) – An old-school discipline method is making its way back into some Missouri schools. The Cassville School District in Southern Missouri is bringing back corporal punishment under ...