No more spankings in Midland Schools

I have no vested interest in the subject, as I have no kids, but I assumed corporal punishment had been removed from the schools? 

At Monday's school board meeting, the policy on Corporal punishment was changed.  Apparently, if the parent's signed a waiver, their kid could received punishment by an approved "designee".

The whole thing sounds so archaic.  I remember back in the day a teacher sending me out into the hall to "collect dust".

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