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Despite opposition, paddling students allowed in 19 states
"Corporal punishment — typically swats with a wooden paddle on the backside of a student — is banned in most of the nation. However, 19 states, mostly in the South, still allow it, according to the Center for Effective Discipline, a group that seeks to abolish corporal punishment in U.S. schools.
'We're not talking paddling here — we're talking a beating,'says Murray, who is representing Trey in a $750,000 lawsuit against the Tate County School District in Independence, alleging the boy's civil rights were violated. Lawyers for the school district have denied most of the allegations and have asked a federal court judge to dismiss the case.
The Tate County School District recorded 455 instances of corporal punishment involving students without disabilities in 2009, according to the latest data available from the U.S. Department of Education. During that same period, 1,220 discipline cases — 91% involving black students — resulted in the paddle being used in Caddo Parish School Board schools in the Shreveport, La., area. And, Dekalb County Schools in Alabama recorded 1,355 paddling cases, the data show."
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"Corporal punishment — typically swats with a wooden paddle on the backside of a student — is banned in most of the nation. However, 19 states, mostly in the South, still allow it, according to the Center for Effective Discipline, a group that seeks to abolish corporal punishment in U.S. schools.
'We're not talking paddling here — we're talking a beating,'says Murray, who is representing Trey in a $750,000 lawsuit against the Tate County School District in Independence, alleging the boy's civil rights were violated. Lawyers for the school district have denied most of the allegations and have asked a federal court judge to dismiss the case.
The Tate County School District recorded 455 instances of corporal punishment involving students without disabilities in 2009, according to the latest data available from the U.S. Department of Education. During that same period, 1,220 discipline cases — 91% involving black students — resulted in the paddle being used in Caddo Parish School Board schools in the Shreveport, La., area. And, Dekalb County Schools in Alabama recorded 1,355 paddling cases, the data show."
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Schools Under Pressure to Spare the Rod Forever
Calls to end corporal punishment have gotten louder of late, even in states unlikely to pass a ban. In Mississippi, the family of a teenager who was paddled in school has filed a federal lawsuit. The suit, filed against the Tate County School District, claims that corporal punishment is unconstitutional because it is applied disproportionately to boys.
The teenager’s lawyer, Joe Murray, is also representing the family of another student who was paddled at the same high school this month. In that case, the boy was struck so hard that he passed out and broke his jaw, Mr. Murray said.
An administrator who oversees the school district, James Malone, would not comment but said boys typically got in more trouble than girls.
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Calls to end corporal punishment have gotten louder of late, even in states unlikely to pass a ban. In Mississippi, the family of a teenager who was paddled in school has filed a federal lawsuit. The suit, filed against the Tate County School District, claims that corporal punishment is unconstitutional because it is applied disproportionately to boys.
The teenager’s lawyer, Joe Murray, is also representing the family of another student who was paddled at the same high school this month. In that case, the boy was struck so hard that he passed out and broke his jaw, Mr. Murray said.
An administrator who oversees the school district, James Malone, would not comment but said boys typically got in more trouble than girls.
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Mississippi coach relieved of duties for seeking equal treatment
"She was succeeding and how was she rewarded, by being publicly demoted and then basically had her coaching career driven through the mud," said Murray.
He added that the women's coach began ruffling feathers when she claimed her softball team was not getting equal treatment by the Lafayette County School District.
"She started seeing some inequalities between the men's and women's teams and it really bothered her so she began voicing some of those complaints," said Murray.
He said Papagolos got the boot just one week after she requested to see the men's coaching salaries.
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"She was succeeding and how was she rewarded, by being publicly demoted and then basically had her coaching career driven through the mud," said Murray.
He added that the women's coach began ruffling feathers when she claimed her softball team was not getting equal treatment by the Lafayette County School District.
"She started seeing some inequalities between the men's and women's teams and it really bothered her so she began voicing some of those complaints," said Murray.
He said Papagolos got the boot just one week after she requested to see the men's coaching salaries.
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