Girl Spanked in Front of Classmates at High School

Associated Press ^ | February 24, 2004

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CUDAHY, Wis. -- The Cudahy School District has changed its visitation policy for parents after a father spanked his daughter in front of other students in her high school biology class.

``The students were horrified,'' James P. Heiden, the district's director of student services, said of the incident. ``It took everybody by complete surprise.''

Both Cudahy police and the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare have reviewed the case at the school district's request, and neither found basis for child abuse or neglect.

``Obviously it's unusual to have a girl spanked in front of the class, it's highly unusual, but not a police matter, not at this time from the information we received,'' said Cudahy police Sgt. Randy Scheel.

Heiden said the district visitation policy now calls for parents to meet with students only in the office, not a classroom.

The girl's mother, contacted at home Monday evening, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel her daughter ``comes from a very loving family. There's nothing to be concerned about.''

She described the spanking as a misjudgment for which the family apologized to the school. Police said they had no record of prior contact with anyone in the family.

School officials said the girl had disrupted her biology class Feb. 11, leading assistant principal Greg DePue to notify her father when he was at school the next day addressing a situation with another child.

DePue said the father entered the classroom, called his daughter to the front and told her he would not have her disrupting class. He then told the girl to turn around, and spanked her on her bottom, the assistant principal said.

``It was so fast,'' DePue said. ``It just happened.''

[righthand man]

HE SHOULD BE "FATHER" OF THE YEAR

[texasflower]

See my post 16. I support further punishment at home.

[GSWarrior]

What about Teachers Who Abuse Their Student-Children. My dad taught just about everything in my tiny little high school. It wasn't always pleasant. I hated being in his classes.

[Lost Highway]

Does he expect to gain her respect by humiliating her in front of classmates?

No. He expects to change her classroom behavior.

[Snuffington]

This is a little too bizarre to simply fall into the biolerplate "spanking or not" debate.

I can't help surpressing a chuckle at the absurd scene described. I'm picturing Monty Python meeting "Fast Times from Ridgemont High."

[AlanSC]

oh come on. The father spanks the daughter for disrupting the class? The father's act was far more disruptive than anything the girl could have done in the class. He should have called her out into the hall and discussed the situation with her - if a high school kid hasn't "gotten" it yet on proper behavior, a spanking certainly isn't going to do anything. Take away her car, her phone, her radio and her social life for a few weeks and see if that doesn't in fact correct her attitude.

[TheBigB]

Why do I get the feeling I saw this on Cinemax?

[SLB]

A little more public embarrassment of miscreants, and we wouldn't have as much trouble as we do. Remember when sin was something to be embarrassed about?

Yes I do.

Now we have FReepers who are too PC for their own good. I fear this country is headed down the wrong path faster than I thought.

My dad would have spanked me then and again when I got home for making him do it in the first place. We need more dads like this. There is one slight caution on abuse, but that is usually the exception and not the rule and would be even less and less if the abusers were taken care of (know what I mean Vern?).

[madprof98]

If he had filed suit against the teacher and the school for being mean to his little sweetheart, it wouldn't even have made the papers locally.

[the invisib1e hand]

Man! I wish my mom and pop were here to read what you just wrote. I can hear them laughing now.

yours is obviously one of the exceptions that proves the rule.

[In_25_words_or_less]

Unless you are under 18 you better make that college girls. Your name on a sex offender registry probably wouldn't be a lot of fun.

[MineralMan]

I'm not opposed to corporal punishment at all. I am, however, not in favor of the way this was handled by the father.

Such disciplinary activities should be done in private, not in front of a classroom of the girl's peers.

[r9etb]

She should have been made to make some sort of ammends at school, and then handle the situation at home.

You're correct.

The "Amends" should have been for her to issue a personal, written apology to the teacher and class, to be hand-delivered.

As it is, here's what dear old dad accomplished:

1. He has set himself against his daughter as an enemy, and that's never good.

2. The rest of the class will sympathize with the girl, and she'll no doubt go along with them on the matter.

3. The authorities will be keeping uncomfortably close tabs on dear old dad and mom -- this incident really does suggest the possibility of child abuse at home.

[ErnBatavia]

Used to be that the teachers did the whacking...

[In_25_words_or_less]

HE SHOULD BE "FATHER" OF THE YEAR

He should seek counseling. For himself and his doubtlessly walking-wounded family.

[JohnnyZ]

To prevent such a matter like this from happening in the future, I selflessly volunteer my spanking services to all unruly high school girls.

Sheesh, you're probably going to ask for pictures of the girl next to see if she's hot.

see how I made a request but shifted it onto you? smooth . . .

[TankerKC]

This father should be praised…

Why? He probably disrupted the class more than the girl did in the first place.

[r9etb]

No. He expects to change her classroom behavior.

What he's gonna succeed in changing, is all of her other behavior. The football team's gonna love her.

[Gottwnz]

Next question, was it video taped? was her pants down? and how can i get a copy?. < just kidding > ;-)

[dmz]

precisely. I could not agree with you more.

At that age, punishment must be directed at what really matters to the kid...No IM, no cell, no car. Spanking a kid that age is, IMNSHO, ridiculous.