Some want corporal punishment to come back to Glynn schools.
BRUNSWICK - When the Glynn County school board's Safety and Discipline Committee meets Tuesday to discuss issuing Tasers to school police officers, it will also consider reinstating a form of discipline that could be even more controversial: corporal punishment.
Board member and committee chairman John Madala believes paddling is an effective tool needed to enforce student discipline. He placed the issue on the committee's Tuesday agenda.
Corporal punishment has not been used in Glynn schools in more than four years. The school board voted unanimously July 12, 2005, to remove it as a student discipline option.
At the time, school systems nationwide were banning paddling amid concern about potential lawsuits from parents and questions about its effectiveness in improving student behavior.
Madala, whose wife is a teacher, advocates bringing paddling back in at least the elementary and middle schools where its use potentially will be most effective.
"We've got to equip the teachers with the tools they need to maintain structure and control in their classrooms," he said. "Corporal punishment would be another tool in the box to control unruly students."
Unless unruly students are brought under control, they will continue to disrupt the classroom, resulting in the other pupils missing out on educationalopportunities, he said.
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