Cassville School School District superintendent Merlyn Johnson said he did not take the job a year ago with a plan to reinstate corporal punishment – a disciplinary measure the 1,900-student Barry County district abandoned in 2001. "But it is something that has happened on my watch and I'm OK with it," Johnson said. Cassville is a small town with a population just under 4,000 people about 60 miles southwest of Springfield, near the Arkansas border. Parents were recently notified of a policy approved in June by the school board to once again allow spanking in school – but only as a last resort and with written permission from parents. Each family will be asked to opt in or out. Visit the link in bio for more details.