However, another teacher handed Principal Rideau the school paddle before walking off.
The girls were then lined up, told to bend over and each given one swat. The paddling took place in the quad which can be viewed from some of the classrooms. Other students also milled round during the paddling, the girls said.
“She lined us up and paddled us and told us to go back to class,” said Emily.
The girls were marked by the paddling, at least one saying it hurt to sit down hours after the incident and after they had finished Trick or Treating later that day.
After they got home and told their mothers, all three mothers claimed to be outraged because they had signed forms at the beginning of the school year asking the school not to use corporal punishment on their daughters. Complaints have been filed to the St Landry Parish School Board and Sunset Police Department.