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Article: School spankings: an outdated option?; Local officials applaud state move to ban corporal punishment.
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- Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- May 16, 2002
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Attention principals. You can throw that old wooden paddle on the
scrap pile for good, even if you're only using it to decorate your
office.
You won't be needing it.
On Wednesday, the state Board of Education voted to outlaw the use
of corporal punishment, otherwise known as spanking, at public
schools in Pennsylvania.
This morning, local superintendents and principals applauded the
decision to do away with spanking -- even those from schools that
still have a policy allowing it.
"The one thing we don't need is an angry adult hitting a child,"
said Solanco Superintendent Jon Rednak. "It (spanking) doesn't solve
problems, it creates problems."
Although the ruling still needs to be approved ...