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Apr 28, 2008 9:09 pm US/Central

Mom Says School Took Corporal Punishment Too Far

Reporting
Carol Cavazos
JOSHUA (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ― They call paddling "pops" or "swats," and it's perfectly legal in the Joshua Independent School District. 

A Johnson County mother says she's filing charges after the result of two of those "pops" left welts on her 17-year-old son and made him bleed a little.

Julie Halcomb said her son, a junior at Joshua High School, was paddled so hard it left him with welts and red marks.

She said her son received them last Monday for missing one class, which she says was a misunderstanding between his band teachers.

"If their policy is to swat someone to make welts on them for a week and making it bleed, then they need to be changing their policy," said Halcomb.

Joshua ISD Superintendent Ray Dane said, "I hate that this happened. I do think policy was followed."

The district paddling policy comes up again for review next month. The superintendent said they'll consider abolishing it.

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