Did you know that spanking students in Florida schools is not only legal, but it’s happening way more than you think? Florida is 1 of 17 states where corporal punishment is legal.
I have two kids, who both went through K-12 in Seminole County and I never even knew this was a thing! Apparently, there is a form that parents have to sign to “Opt-In” as a form of punishment.
According to WKMG, there were 516 instances of student spankings that took place in the 2023-2024 school year. Based on the map documenting where the student spankings took place, it looks like it happened the most in the Panhandle area. Calhoun County came in as the top county with the most corporal punishment at 59 instances, followed by Columbia County at 50…