[MplsSteve]

“If middle school students are physically assaulting teachers, a paddle probably isn’t going to be enough to solve the problem.”

Bingo!

Read Post #7. I said the same thing.

[Coldwater Creek]

My granddaughter taught at Booker T Washington High School in Memphis for one semester. It was'nt the the kids that she feared for her life, it was the parents.

[Grumplestiltskin]

“If middle school students are physically assaulting teachers, a paddle probably isn’t going to be enough to solve the problem.”

Some “problems” aren’t going to be “solved”, at least not in any “acceptable” way in these times.

You can’t mill good lumber from bad timber.