I live in North Carolina, where teachers are still hitting children with wooden boards with holes drilled in them and injuring children in the name of discipline.
I am looking for national support from PTA and PTA members willing to take on this issue in their schools if corporal punishment is used.
FYI, the PTA has a postition statement that supports banning corporal punishment.
Thoughts?

I meant to state that I am looking for national support from PTA and PTO members.......but typed PTA twice!

Are they physically injuring them? If so its a Dept of Edu and State Attorney general matter.

Corporal punishment is a valid discipline response in lots of peoples minds... That and teaching children manners... I beleive in the occassional swat in the behind... so I wont be much help unless they are actually physically beating the children instead of punishing them.

Yes, they are physically injuring them. I advocated for change here in NC when a teacher hit a child so hard last year that the child went to the ER, hours after being struck, and his buttocks were covered in bruises and welts.
The ER doctor told the mom it was the worst case of abuse he has seen. The Juvenile Detectives took photos. I have copies, and will not stop until we get a change in law.
End result? The local DA refused to press charges, the local board of ed did nothing, and the State board of ed claims no jurisdiction.
We need legislative change.
I will never agree that a teacher has the right to hit my child with a wooden board.

PS Shawn,
Corporal punishment is frequently used as a first line of punishment, not a last resort. It is also used for non discipline issues such as missed math problems, sports mistakes, etc.
Thanks for engaging in dialogue.

that is the most outrageious thing i have ever heard. talk to your congressperson. if htey too turn a blind eye or deaf ear or dont 'get' the issue, give Mrs Bush a call and let her know whats happenin in 2006 in NC.

sounds like another era, or country, you live in there.