'DIRTY DOZEN' Corporal punishment
The Center for Effective Discipline in Columbus has released a list of 12 Ohio school districts that reported the most number of paddling cases in the 1998-99 school year. The districts, also referred to as the "Dirty Dozen" are:
Trotwood-Madison City, Montgomery County: 115
Preble Shawnee Local, Preble County: 76
South Point Local, Lawrence County: 47
Bristol Local, Trumbull County: 38
Southern Local, Meigs County: 36
Canton City, Stark County: 35
Morgan Local, Morgan County: 35
Western Brown, Brown County: 33
Blanchester Local, Clinton County: 31
Fayetteville-Perry Local, Brown County: 30
LaBrae Local, Trumbull County: 30
Zane Trace Local, Ross County: 24
Source: Center for Effective Discipline