[Notes:VO -----------------SPRINGTOWN, TEXAS -- AP VIDEO --SEPT. 25]IN SPRINGTOWN TEXAS.......A CONTROVERSY OVER CORPORATE PUNISHMENT.[Notes:SOT --CATHI WATT / MOTHER]"she had the imprint of a paddle on her butt."[Notes:VO --------------]PADDLING IS ALLOWED IN TEXAS UNLESS A PARENT SAYS NO IN WRITING.AND WHEN CATHI WATTS TEENAGE DAUGHTER WAS RECENTLY WRITTEN UP FOR MISBEHAVING, THAT WAS THE PUNISHMENT.[Notes:JADA WATT / STUDENT]"I think he did make the swat hard purposefully....i'm not sure what the reasoning was...i think he did it purposefully."[Notes:SOT -----------CATHI WATT / TEEN'S MOTHER]"it was solid red....i took pictures of it....next morning she got up....it was still red."[Notes:VO ----------------]THE TEEN'S MOM IS OKAY WITH CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.BUT NOT BY AN ADULT OF THE OPPOSITE SEX.[Notes:CATHI WATT / TEEN'S MOTHER]I was under the impression, there'd be a female in there. That was my thought, there'd be a female in there. I did not think I had to worry about anything. There was not a female in there, there was two men." [Notes:VO -------------]THE STATE LAW DOESN'T ADDRESS THE STUDENT'S GENDER -- OR THE EDUCATOR'S.AND WHAT DOES THE TEEN THINK?[Notes:SUPER: JADA WATT/ HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT] "if that's gonna happen to anyone then I think your parents should be the ones to do it. I don't see why principals should get to do that." [Notes:VO ------------]THE CONTROVERSY MAY GET LARGER BEFORE IT DIES DOWN.DUE A SHORTAGE OF FEMALE ADMINISTRATORS IN THE DISTRICT, THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED MONDAY TO ALLOW ADMINISTRATORS TO PADDLE STUDENTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX.--------------------THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. (****END****) VIDEO PRODUCER: ned barker---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: AP -----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: BOB MCCALL----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: NONE----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): NONE--------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: a1146BC-US--School Paddling-Gender, 5th Ld-Writeth