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I got my butt beat about every 15 minutes coming up, he said.
Gainer was raised in Jackson County, one of 19 primarily North Florida counties whose school systems continue to condone the use of corporal punishment as a means of discipline.
And though controversy is again swirling around the practice in Florida following a Hendry County principal being caught on video aggressively paddling a first-grader, Gainer, now a Florida senator, remains in favor of the use of physical discipline. It s all right to spank them, but don t beat them. It s OK if the intention is to teach them a lesson, but don t leave no marks, he said. There s definitely a place for corporal punishment in the school system, but not beating. You have to know when to hit them and how hard to hit them. Once a child figures out you won t spank them, you ve lost all control.
Investigation launched after Florida student, 6, paddled by principal
The mother said she recorded the video to expose what the school was doing behind closed doors.
An investigation is underway after a young child was disciplined with a paddle by her principal.
In a video that has now gone viral, a 6-year-old Florida girl was hit with a paddle several times at her elementary school while her mother recorded the incident. According to reports acquired by
The child who attends
Central Elementary School in Clewiston, FL, allegedly broke a school computer prompting a $50 fine. When the mother went to the school to pay the fee, she found herself in a room with her daughter, Principal
Florida principal under investigation for paddling student
Clewiston Police are investigating an incident at Central Elementary School where the principal, Melissa Carter, reportedly paddled a student. Florida is one of nineteen states in which corporal punishment is allowed.
By: Kat Velez
and last updated 2021-05-04 16:39:14-04
CLEWISTON, Fla. â An investigation is underway by Clewiston Police on Central Elementary School Principal Melissa Carter.
The incident- paddling a student. Itâs a once-forgotten form of discipline in schools but one that is still legal here in Florida.
âAlthough I was a proponent of it a long time ago and as a parent, I would probably still be a proponent of it, says Cortney Hinton, a Cape Coral parent and teacher. Given the circumstances or situation, as a teacher, I would not.â
A Florida elementary school principal has been captured on video spanking a six-year-old girl with a paddle.
Melissa Carter, head of Central Elementary School in Clewiston, was recorded bending the student over and hitting her with the wooden paddle several times. The student s mom managed to film the incident. The hatred with which she hit my daughter, I mean it was a hatred that, really I ve never hit my daughter as she hit her, said the girl s mom as reported by New York Post.
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The child s mother does not speak English. She said that the school called her on Apr. 13 because her daughter damaged a school computer with a repair cost of about $50.