Corporal punishment was not forbidden in Westchester public schools in the late 19th century, but there are very few extant documents relating to it. The Principal of New Rochelle School District No. 1 kept this record of pupil misbehavior and punishments meted out from 1871 until 1890. Students misbehaved in a variety of ways – by using profanity, fighting, playing truant, and refusing to obey teachers. Punishments included notes sent home to parents, suspension from school, whipping, and being struck on the hands by a rattan or hickory stick.

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City of New Rochelle