Corporal Punishment in DFW-area ISDs (Plano, Richardson: renting, home, school district)

[PlanoGirl]

A woman on a local parenting forum I frequent found out that corporal punishment (paddling) was still an acceptable form of discipline in her school district. This surprised me as I grew up here (in Richardson ISD) and never heard of a child being paddled. So I got curious and did a little online searching. Found this link, and thought it might be of interest to the relocatees.

http://nospank.net/TXpaddling.pdf

This is just an FYI post...I don't intend to start a spanking/anti-spanking debate, as how you discipline your child is none of my business. But despite your personal parenting choice, you may not want OTHERS spanking your child. That being said, who knows today how often this form of discipline is even used for districts that allow it (the stats from the link above were from the 2005-2006 school year)? It may be only the absolute last resort in some of those districts...though doesn't look like that was the case with some in the 05/06 school year (Prosper! 14%! )

Anyway, just thought I'd share, since many people moving here may come from a place where corporal punishment is banned at the state level...and didn't even think to inquire about it in their new Texas district. That being said, if you are in an "allowing" district, from what I understand, you as a parent can choose to "opt out"...but you do have to sign a special form that says so. Your child's school handbook should specify the details.

[MckinneyOwnr]

Plano could still paddle in the mid-late 90's. No idea if that is still the case though.

[Twincam666]

Originally Posted by PlanoGirl

A woman on a local parenting forum I frequent found out that corporal punishment (paddling) was still an acceptable form of discipline in her school district. This surprised me as I grew up here (in Richardson ISD) and never heard of a child being paddled. So I got curious and did a little online searching. Found this link, and thought it might be of interest to the relocatees.

http://nospank.net/TXpaddling.pdf

This is just an FYI post...I don't intend to start a spanking/anti-spanking debate, as how you discipline your child is none of my business. But despite your personal parenting choice, you may not want OTHERS spanking your child. That being said, who knows today how often this form of discipline is even used for districts that allow it (the stats from the link above were from the 2005-2006 school year)? It may be only the absolute last resort in some of those districts...though doesn't look like that was the case with some in the 05/06 school year (Prosper! 14%! )

Anyway, just thought I'd share, since many people moving here may come from a place where corporal punishment is banned at the state level...and didn't even think to inquire about it in their new Texas district. That being said, if you are in an "allowing" district, from what I understand, you as a parent can choose to "opt out"...but you do have to sign a special form that says so. Your child's school handbook should specify the details.

If a teacher or any adult hit my kid, they would get a bad beating from me!

[skids929]

I definitely think there are kids out there who need a swat from time to time, but thats up to the parents to handle. I would be IRATE if I found out someone laid a hand on my kid.

Really they should allow the Parents to be paddled instead, it's there fault for allowing their kids to behave like fools at school or in public in general. It all starts at home and when it comes to hitting a kid, while I am not a huge believer, the argument could be made that a swat on the tukus gets there attention and brings them back to reality.

At the end of the day it's pretty hard to come from a position of credibility (parent or teacher) in telling your child 'hitting is wrong' if you're hitting them yourself. Simple Math really.