In defiance of the national outrage over the paddling of two high school girls by a male vice principal, a Texas school district voted last night to allow corporal punishment by members of the opposite sex.
Rather than apologising for the actions of the male teacher who spanked two high school girls, the board members of Springtown Independent School District voted to change their policy, which now requires a female member of staff to be present if a male school official physically disciplines a girl.
The vote followed a heated debate over the district’s policy which began after Taylor Santos, 15 and Jada Watts, 16, were both struck with a paddle on their buttocks by assistant principal Kirt Shaw for disciplinary reasons. Read more…