PUPIL MANAGEMENT IN TENNESSEE, 2001
Armed, ready and legal, a public school teacher whacks a child's pelvic area with a piece of wood.

You do not have to be a resident of Tennessee, or of the U.S., to voice your opinion about the activity shown here. Maltreatment of children is everybody's business. If you are reading this, it's your business! After reading Aimee Edmondson's June 3, 2001 article in The Commercial Appeal, Spare the rod? Not here, most agree , direct your comments to the editor at letters@gomemphis.com and to any or all of the following:

Hon. Don Sundquist, Governor of Tennessee
1st Floor, State Capitol
Nashville, TN 37243-0001
dsundquist@mail.state.tn.us
Education Commissioner Dr. Vernon Coffey
Tennessee Department of Education
6th Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville TN 37243-0375
(615)741-2731
E-mail Contact phobbins@mail.state.tn.us
Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
Andrew Johnson Tower, 9th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0800
(615) 741-2633
Fax: (615) 741-5956
Senate Education Committee
36 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37830
  • Sen. Randy McNally, Chairman
  • Sen. Rusty Crowe, Vice-chairman
  • Sen. Charlotte Burks, Secretary
  • Sen. Ben Achtley
  • Sen. Bobby Carter
  • Sen. Rosco Dixon
  • Sen. Ward Crutchfield
  • Sen. Jo Anne Graves
  • Sen. Larry Trail
Senate Children & Family Affairs Committee
26 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37830
  • Sen. Carol Chumney, Chairman of
  • Sen. Sen. John J. DeBerry, Jr., Vice-Chairman
  • Sen. Mark Maddox, Secretary
  • Sen. Kathryn I. Bowers
  • Sen. Tommie F. Brown
  • Sen. Craig Fitzhugh
  • Sen. John White
  • Sen. Diane Black
  • Sen. Donna Rowland
  • Sen. Robert D. Patton
  • Sen. Larry Scroggs
  • Sen. Mike Williams
Other Tennessee Legislature members' mailing addresses can be found at www.legislature.state.tn.us/


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For the complete article, "Spare the rod? Not here, most agree," by Aimee Edmondson, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) , June 3, 2001, go to n-h89.htm.

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