A Georgia mother was faced with a horrifying choice on
Wednesday, when her 5-year-old son got in trouble for hitting and spitting on
other students. The school said they can suspend the boy or paddle him, the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. While Shana Marie Perez was against
school corporal punishment, which is allowed with parental consent in the
Jasper County school district, she feared that one more absence for her son
would land her in jail.
Just two weeks prior, Perez was arrested for truancy and
temporarily locked up when her son missed 18 days of school. She claimed the
some of the absences were due to doctor appointments, yet she was told that one
more absence would land her back in jail. Fearing that the suspension would
have meant just that, she opted for paddling, even though she had previously
denied consent for her school to punish her son in that fashion.
While Principal Pam Edge and Assistant Principal Lynn
McElheney tried to get the boy under control to administer the paddling, Perez
recorded them on video, pretending to be texting.
The video doesn’t show the child getting hit, as the boy
refused to cooperate, and reports vary as to whether he was actually paddled.
School Superintendent Mike Newton did email Perez, saying that a suspension for
her son would be an excused absence. Newton also told her that he would like to
set up assistance to address the child’s behavior.
http://lawnewz.com/crazy/video-to-avoid-jail-mother-agrees-to-let-school-paddle-her-5-year-old-son/
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