Florida County To Consider Reintroducing Corporal Punishment

Local media outlets in Florida are reporting that one Marion Country school board member, Carol Ely, is asking fellow board members to consider reintroducing corporal punishment inside the classroom – and she very well may have the majority’s support.

Ely, who once served fourteen years as an elementary school principal, when corporal punishment was still practiced in Marion County, Florida, schools. “It was very effective the way we implemented it. We only did it on very small occasions… “The return rate of children for corporal punishment has been almost zero,” she said.

She says that she has seen firsthand how corporal punishment has been far more effective than all other forms of punishment – such as suspension.

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