Oklahoma principal leaves two students badly bruised after spanking them with wooden paddle to discipline them
The principal of an Oklahoma school has landed himself in trouble after he allegedly went too far in trying to discipline two elementary students.
Speaking to People, District 18 District Attorney Chuck Sullivan reported that 50-year-old Gary L Gunckel, a principal at the Indianola Public Schools, pleaded not guilty to two charges of felony child abuse on Friday after he hit two students with a wooden paddle. The school district has a policy that reportedly allows corporal punishment and administrators can paddle students if parents approve of it.
According to a probable cause affidavit, the accusations came after Gunckel reportedly used “unreasonable force” in swatting the two boys, ages 10 and 11, with a wooden paddle on September 6, The Duncan Banner reports. The affidavit also states that parents of both the boys gave prior permission for the paddling to be used as punishment after they were allegedly found to be fighting.