MY NAME IS BEVERLY FOURNIER.. WHEN I WAS TEN, I WAS SLAPPED A NUMBER OF TIMES IN ONE AFTER SCHOOL VISIT BY THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. HER NAME WAS EDNA BARRON. THIS TOOK PLACE IN 1951 OR 1952 AT THE WASHINGTON SCHOOL IN BEVERLY MASS. THE SLAPS WERE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY FACE, AND I LOST COUNT OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES SHE SLAPPED ME. MISS. BARRON DID THIS AFTER DEMANDING THAT I APPEAR IN HER OFFICE AFTER SCHOOL. AT FIRST, SHE THREATENED ME WITH A SORT OF, HOMEMADE PADDLE WHICH WAS MADE FROM THE SOLE OF A SHOE. THE REASON FOR THIS WAS THAT I WAS DOING POORLY IN MATH. MY FATHER LEFT OUR FAMILY WHEN I WAS SIX, BUT HE HAD BEEN VERY ABUSIVE, AND IN FACT, THE VERY WAY I WAS SLAPPED BY MISS. BARRON WAS, UNKNOWN TO HER, AN ALMOST EXACT RE-ENACTMENT OF A TIME WHEN I WAS FIVE, AND MY FATHER SAW ME WATCHING HIM FROM ACROSS THE ROOM, RUSHED OVER TO ME, AND SLAPPED ME ON ONE SIDE OF MY FACE AND THE OTHER UNTIL HE BECAME EXHAUSTED. EVEN THOUGH THE ABUSE STOPPED WHEN I WAS SIX, THE EMOTIONAL DAMAGE CONTINUES. IF THIS WILL HELP OTHERS PLEASE REPRINT WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN HERE. THE NAME ON THIS EMAIL SITE IS THAT OF MY SISTER WHO HAS PASSED AWAY IN RECENT MONTHS. HER NAME WAS JAN. I WANT TO ADD THAT I WAS SO TRAUMATIZED BY WHAT MISS. BARRON DID TO ME THAT SOME LENGH OF TIME LATER, I FAINTED IN ASSEMBLY HALL WHEN I SAW MISS. BARRON COMING TOWARD ME. MY MOTHER APPARENTLY WAS TOO FRIGHTENED OF LOSING CUSTODY OF US, HER CHILDREN, BECAUSE OF MISS. BARRON'S THREATS, THAT SHE NEVER REPORTED HER TO THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS. BECAUSE SHE WAS A DIVORCED WOMAN SHE FELT COWED BY THE THREATS TO HAVE US TAKEN AWAY FOR NOT HAVING AN ADULT AT HOME DURING THE DAY. OUR MOTHER WAS EMPLOYED BECAUSE SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN AND IT WAS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT US. MY SISTER JAN LIVED IN ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA. SHE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN AND YOUR NO SPANK MESSAGES COME TO HER EMAIL ADDRESS. I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE GOOD WORK YOU ARE DOING. EDNA BARRON DIED FIVE YEARS AGO. SHE LIVED TO BE 99 YEARS OLD.