Anna Jorgensen, Texas Mom Upset With Principal Paddling Daughter
Mother Anna Jorgensen Anger after Texas schoolgirl left ‘bruised and blistered’ after male vice principal SPANKED her for cheating
A male principal at Springtown High School in Texas has sparked a controversy after
spanking a female student, Taylor Santos, for allowing another student to copy her work.
Although Texas is among the few states in the country that still allow corporal punishment in its schools, the rules are that any paddling must be administered by a teacher of the same sex.
Santos opted for a paddling rather than be subjected to a second day’s suspension, but contends that the principal used too much force in spanking her, resulting in welts and bruises on her rear end, reports FOX News.
“She was telling me it was numb and that it burned,” Jorgensen said. “And it looked like a burn. She slept on her side that night. She was more humiliated and embarrassed than anything, but the more she and I thought about it, it wasn’t fair and I thought I needed to do something about it.”
ABC continues that Jada’s mother, Cathi, said she “wasn’t expecting a bruise. A swat is a swat–yes it is and they do sting. But to bruise a child? If I had done that, they would have called CPS on me. Two men giving her a swat behind closed doors, that is creepy,” Cathi Watt said.”
When her mother Anna Jorgenson complained directly to the principal about the long-lasting effects of the spanking, the school’s principal defended his actions.
Rather than abolish the corporal punishment policy, the school board will vote on whether to abolish the rule that only teachers of the same sex can administer spankings,thereby allowing male teachers to swat female students.
Springtown ISD Superintendent Mike Kelley told FoxNews.com that the district’s seven-member board will consider revising the policy at a meeting Monday evening.
“We’ll give the board the option to discuss it,” said Kelley, who declined to provide specifics of the Sept. 19 incident at Springtown High School.
“I think Taylor is proof that we need to keep that policy. I don’t believe a man intentionally meant to do that to her (bruising), but it still happens, because men are too big and strong to be hitting 96-pound girls,” said Jorgensen.
Anna Jorgensen, Texas Mom Upset With Principal Paddling Daughter
Anna Jorgensen, Texas Mom Upset With Principal Paddling Daughter
when i went to jr high and elementary in georgia, deeep southern ga, about 70% of the teachers and all of the principles had their own customized paddles on full display. some were outfitted with holes drilled in them or curved ends etc. and when i got “spanked” for running outside between classes, it was quite aggressive. some of? the other “spankings” i witnessed were essentially acts of assault. the male vice princ. would grab the back of the pants and wail away like lumberjack..
I live in Oklahoma so from? time to time during my school years I did get ‘swats’. I remember the last time I got swats was in the 9th grade. Now my friend also got in trouble but his mom went to the school and screamed and yelled all kinds of things at the prinipal and took her son home with her that day. Man I wish my guardian at the time was as kick ass as that.
There no argument that corporal punishment works and besides they have the parents consent. Teach those kids a? lesson although I would prefer if the options were suspension, spanking, or a long and deep lecturing
This is nothing but a male fetish of spanking young female behind’s. An old mans club of sexually repressed men that to get off on it and should not be teaching anyone’s child. Consenting adults for fun ok but not your children folks. Who’s kidding who here! Where is their thinking?
Any adult striking any child should be charged with assualt. Where I live this incident would have resulted in the automatic suspension of the principal followed by a lawsuit against the principal and the school authorities. The fact that Texas allows this type of behaviour helps explain why the United States remains at the end of the list of socially developed countries.
What will this achieve for students?
Nothing more than these individuals to be terrified of going to school, humiliated beyond belief, and not achieve what you aimed for the student to learn.
I remember a student cheating on a spelling test when I was in grade five. The teacher grabbed the test from the student and forced her to wait until the test was fully complete… then during recess, the student had a detention. Needless to say this student learned her lesson and never cheated on the test again.
But hitting a child in a school setting? That is only going to cause the child to not trust the school system and to do the behaviour over again.
This goes to show that the American educational system is failing to keep up with other world educational systems. I am not trying to be mean but this type of behaviour of allowing teachers to hit students and for petty reasons is not okay and should be abolished.
what it achieves is that the student learns that cheating does not go unpunished. It teaches the kids that bad behaviour is not acceptable, valuable life lessons. Don’t want the paddle? Then don’t cheat or misbehave. Lesson learned.
The politically correct brigade who don’t believe in punishing kids for bad behaviour are ostriches with their silly heads in the sand. They cannot see how undisciplined kids are rude and disrespectful. Society is paying the price for their folly.
Oh and just to reiterate, if you read the article properly, the girl CHOSE to be spanked rather than take suspension.
I think its pathetic that we still use corporal punishment at all. With society having all the tools for any sort of communication needed, physical violence is never the answer. You can’t scare a student not to do it, they need to understand the consequences their actions may produce. They should drop the paddle all together.
I raised 4 kids, 3 boys and a girl. I disciplined all my kids and they are all great citizens and human beings. I never once laid a hand on any of them, ever. If my daughter ever came home and said she was spanked by a man I can guarantee that man would get a beating he would not soon forget. I’m in Canada by the way and we would not tolerate this. No wonder Texas is so screwed up, home of Mr. Bush I believe.
What?? Are you serious?? Have these people just crawled out of a cave??? Wake up, this is not the middle ages anymore. Lead by example – their example is atrocious. Teach someone to hit and they will in turn hit. It has been proven over and over again – be abused – become an abuser. I cannot say it enough – LEAD BY EXAMPLE – it’s the GOLDEN RULE.
I can see how a guy would like to spank her, she’s really hot looking, I wounder if he made her take her clothes off?
John you should be spanked for not learning how to spell.
OK, now she very good looking so you have to ask your self the real reason she was spanked.
Amen sister.
Spanking doesn’t working for a child who is too young to understand WHY there action was wrong. If a child has the ability to understand why it was wrong, the ADULT should determine WHY the child did wrong!
As adults WE often do the wrong thing, when we feel it is necessary or justified, couldn’t the child also have a reason for doing wrong? Is this not the adults’s opportunity to teach the child better reasoning and decision making? It would also be the time to teach the consequences of making a bad choice.
As for the child “choosing” the spanking… what is the legal age of consent in the state? Can they child SIGN a legal contract? If not, she certainly can not be held to a verbal one!
How can anyone justify a situation like this, envolving an adult role-moded / authority figure? This occurence in a school setting will have now negative effects on the anti-bullying efforts.
If you break the rules, accept responsibility and the resulting punishment. Paddling is part of the school policy and was the girls choice….period.
Abhorrent behaviour! A man bare-buttocks paddling a teenage girl alone and behind closed doors, is much more than assault; it is deviant sexual behaviour and should be punished the same as any other sexual assault. It is time Texas came out of the dark ages. Shameful. I’m so glad to be a Canadian.
Hey this is Texas,
Everyone has a gun. Just shoot the bastard. Isn’t that the American way?
I wounld have him charged if it was me and I live in Canada Ontario.
Why was the girl spanked just for allowing her classmate to copy? Surely her classmate is the one to be punished, but spanking was brutal and not necessary. The principal should be suspended,re-trained and charged with assault.