{"id":18192,"date":"2013-04-24T17:27:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T21:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=18192"},"modified":"2013-04-24T17:29:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T21:29:19","slug":"corporal-punishment-will-return-to-marion-county-elementary-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2013\/04\/24\/corporal-punishment-will-return-to-marion-county-elementary-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporal Punishment Will Return To Marion County Elementary Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5669\"  class=\"wp-caption module image center\" style=\"max-width: 620px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/03\/15\/some-florida-student-make-the-paddles-used-to-discipline-classmates\/cp-12-paddle-3-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5669\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5669\" title=\"CP 12 - paddle 3\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/03\/CP-12-paddle-31-620x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/03\/CP-12-paddle-31-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/03\/CP-12-paddle-31-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/03\/CP-12-paddle-31-220x165.jpg 220w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/03\/CP-12-paddle-31-138x103.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Sarah Gonzalez \/ StateImpact Florida<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The paddle at Sneads High School in Jackson County, Fla. sits on the principal&#39;s desk.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Marion school board has voted to reinstate paddling in county elementary schools after a three-year hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>The punishment comes with a few restrictions. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocala.com\/article\/20130423\/ARTICLES\/130429864\/1001\/NEWS01?Title=School-board-votes-to-resume-paddling&amp;tc=ar\">From the<\/a> <em>Ocala Star-Banner<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The board ruled that paddling can be used only if a parent gives a standing written OK once a year. In addition, the principal must obtain verbal permission at the time the punishment is handed down.<\/p>\n<p>Under the policy, corporal punishment can only be used at the elementary school level. It can only be used on a child once a semester. Principals are not bound to use the punishment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>StateImpact Florida reporter Sarah Gonzalez had a series of stories last year looking at corporal punishment, including: <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/03\/12\/why-florida-schools-want-the-right-to-paddle-misbehaving-students\/\">Why communities support paddling<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/03\/13\/why-florida-schools-can-paddle-students-against-parents-wishes\/\">why schools can paddle students even when parents object<\/a>; and the <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/03\/15\/some-florida-student-make-the-paddles-used-to-discipline-classmates\/\">technical specifications of the paddles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/tag\/school-corporal-punishment\/\">Read the whole series.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marion school board has voted to reinstate paddling in county elementary schools after a three-year hiatus. The punishment comes with a few restrictions. From the Ocala Star-Banner: The board ruled that paddling can be used only if a parent gives a standing written OK once a year. In addition, the principal must obtain verbal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":5669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[1123],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}