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Some Missouri schools are bringing back the paddle.
The Cassville School District in Southern Missouri is bringing back corporal punishment under a new policy that allows students to be paddled.
Administrators say it would be the last resort if other means of discipline do not work.
The change is the result of a survey sent out to parents last year.
The district says, “The complaints that we have heard from some of our parents is that they don’t want their students suspended. They want another option. And so, this was just another option that we could use before we get to that point of suspension.”