{"id":2418,"date":"2023-04-16T21:19:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T21:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/?p=2418"},"modified":"2023-04-16T21:19:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T21:19:05","slug":"mom-secretly-records-principal-paddling-her-6-year-old-daughter-in-front-of-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/16\/mom-secretly-records-principal-paddling-her-6-year-old-daughter-in-front-of-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Mom Secretly Records Principal Paddling Her 6-Year-Old Daughter In Front Of Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clewiston Police Department is investigating a school principal who was caught on camera paddling a 6 year old student for allegedly damaging a school computer, according to a report by Hendry County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"><\/aside>\n<p>According to WINK News, the department is investigating Central Elementary School Principal Melissa Carter for paddling the student in front of her mother.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Children and Families has also launched its own investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>While some school districts allow corporal punishment, Hendry County School District does not.<\/p>\n<p>The student\u2019s mother caught the incident on her cellphone camera.<\/p>\n<p>The parent and child have not been identified to protect their identities.<\/p>\n<p>According to Brent Probinsky, the family\u2019s lawyer, Clewiston police have turned over the case files to the State Attorney\u2019s Office for the 20th Judicial Circuit, and the state attorney\u2019s office is deciding whether to bring criminal charges against Carter and Cecilia Self, a clerk at the school who was also present during the incident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><a><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTgzMjgyMzg2MTQ5MDU3NTc0\/principal2.webp 380w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTgzMjgyMzg2MTQ5MDU3NTc0\/principal2.webp 620w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTgzMjgyMzg2MTQ5MDU3NTc0\/principal2.webp 700w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1022\/MTgzMjgyMzg2MTQ5MDU3NTc0\/principal2.webp 1022w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTgzMjgyMzg2MTQ5MDU3NTc0\/principal2.png 380w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTgzMjgyMzg2MTQ5MDU3NTc0\/principal2.png 620w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTgzMjgyMzg2MTQ5MDU3NTc0\/principal2.png 700w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1022\/MTgzMjgyMzg2MTQ5MDU3NTc0\/principal2.png 1022w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/t_share\/MTgzMjgyMzg2MTQ5MDU3NTc0\/principal2.png\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Inside Edition\" width=\"1022\" height=\"1469\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTgzMjgyMzg2MTQ5MDU3NTc0\/principal2.png\" \/><\/picture><\/a><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\"><em>Photo Credit:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4wmfbLnbYTQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside Edition<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Attempts to contact Carter and Self have been unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to WINK News, the mother said in Spanish: \u201cThe hatred with which she hit my daughter, I mean it was a hatred that, really I\u2019ve never hit my daughter like she hit her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had never hit her,\u201d she added, crying.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred when the mother was called by the school and told that her 6 year old daughter had damaged a computer, and that she would need to pay a $50 fee.<\/p>\n<p>The police report stated that paddling had been mentioned to the mother, and that a deputy would be present, but she maintained that she didn\u2019t understand the process because of the language barrier.<\/p>\n<p>She arrived at the school to pay the fee, but was taken to the principal\u2019s office where she found her daughter, Carter and Self. There was no deputy present.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><a><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzMDMw\/principal3.webp 380w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzMDMw\/principal3.webp 620w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzMDMw\/principal3.webp 700w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1024\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzMDMw\/principal3.webp 1024w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzMDMw\/principal3.png 380w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzMDMw\/principal3.png 620w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzMDMw\/principal3.png 700w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1024\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzMDMw\/principal3.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/t_share\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzMDMw\/principal3.png\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Inside Edition\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1498\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzMDMw\/principal3.png\" \/><\/picture><\/a><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\"><em>Photo Credit:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4wmfbLnbYTQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside Edition<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMy daughter was already in the office,\u201d she said. \u201cThe principal started to scream.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mother got nervous.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cThere are no cameras. What are we doing in this place? My daughter and I, alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So she made the only decision she thought would be appropriate in that situation \u2013 she hid her phone in her purse and began recording the incident.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cNobody would have believed me. I sacrificed my daughter, so all parents can realize what\u2019s happening in this school.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-6\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-6\" data-zone-count=\"10\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hendry County School District policy bars corporal punishment, and reads: \u201cThe superintendent shall designate sanctions for the infractions of rules, excluding corporal punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The policy encourages punishments that \u201cdo not demean students\u201d and \u201cdo not tend to violate any individual rights constitutionally guaranteed to students.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><a><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzNDEw\/principal4.webp 380w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzNDEw\/principal4.webp 620w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzNDEw\/principal4.webp 700w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1026\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzNDEw\/principal4.webp 1026w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzNDEw\/principal4.png 380w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzNDEw\/principal4.png 620w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzNDEw\/principal4.png 700w, https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1026\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzNDEw\/principal4.png 1026w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/t_share\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzNDEw\/principal4.png\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Inside Edition\" width=\"1026\" height=\"1479\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MTgzMjgyMzg2NDE3NDkzNDEw\/principal4.png\" \/><\/picture><\/a><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\"><em>Photo Credit:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4wmfbLnbYTQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside Edition<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Probinsky, who works with undocumented immigrants, said: \u201cThat\u2019s aggravated battery. They\u2019re using a weapon that can cause severe physical harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe child is terrified, she feels vulnerable. There\u2019s nothing she can do in the hands of these adults, who treated her so brutally, savagely, sadistically,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The mother took the child to the doctor the same day, who documented the red marks and bruises caused by the paddle.<\/p>\n<p>She is worried about her child experiencing long-lasting psychological damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to get justice for my daughter because if I could not do it in front of her, I\u2019m going to do it with justice,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hendry County School District responded \u201cno comment\u201d to various requests for a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clewiston Police Department is investigating a school principal who was caught on camera paddling a 6 year old student for allegedly damaging a school computer, according to a report by Hendry County Sheriff\u2019s Office. According to WINK News, the department is investigating Central Elementary School Principal Melissa Carter for paddling the student in front of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-daily-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418\/revisions\/2420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}