[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Hal Skelton was an excellent principal who ran a tight operation and had an excellent school at Cascade before his promotion to Secondary Supervisor and the subsequent appointment of Looper as principal. Things have not been the same under Looper and the media would do well to investigate exactly WHAT is going on at Cascade High School. I never had respect for Looper and do not consider his comments worthy of respect.

For these principals to even make these kinds of comments AT ALL while the case is ongoing is indicative of the politics in Bedford County. Both men should make NO comment at all until the case is resolved. They appear to be trying to deflect any investigation or criticism away from their schools.

[Candor7]

Child Abuse , bruises on backside? Is it child abuse when a student gets bruises on backside from football or baseball?

What about abusing ones right to an education?

Such discipline is good if it is reasonable, administered in front of another teacher as a witness.

It is wrong of it is unreasonable, done in private without a witness, or in front of peers.

Paddle those who earn it.

For Students who come from homes where corporal punishment is never used: Welcome to the World. It bites you if you get to far out of line. Learn to deal with the world as it is ( much wisdom in this slogan).

[Hyzenthlay]

Paddling kids in high school? For most high school students I know, they'll definitely be able to ignore the pain from something that isn't hard enough to really injure them. I'm not against corporal punishment, but at that age it would just be ineffective.

[billorites]

Touch my kid, I'll take your house.

If there's any paddling to be done, I'll do it.

My children's teachers are a very smart lot and have a ton of disciplinary tools and tricks that don't involve corporal punishment.

(or at least don't leave any marks!)

[higgmeister]

Who are these people?

Where are these people?

What is going on at Cascade High School?

When did it happen?

And......

Why am I even asking?

[higgmeister]

Use corporal punishment in school now or expect
someone else to put a cap in the kid's head later.

[higgmeister]

"I found your other Post" of a kid in Tennessee that acted
up on a bus and got spanked which upset his parents.

Not to worry!

This kid will be probably be dead of something before he
is old enough to graduate.