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Baliles starts command
RICHMOND — Governor-elect Gerald L. Baliles on Friday began the process of taking over the government, a $52,000 project that includes cabinet appointments and moving into the governor’s mansion.
Mr. Baliles announced that Sandra Bowen, the campaign’s director of operations, would head his transition team.
Gov. Charles S. Robb said David K. McCloud, his chief of staff who handled the 1981 transition, would oversee the change of command for the outgoing administration.
Gov. Robb gave his successor the transition notebooks, which include information on decisions that have to be made in the next two months, issues for the 1986 General Assembly and the governor’s budget.
New governors enter office in even-numbered years, when the legislature handles the next two-year budget.
PTAs oppose punishment
VIRGINIA BEACH — Delegates to the annual convention of parent-teacher associations have taken a stand against corporal punishment in the state’s public schools.
The Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers, the state PTA umbrella group representing about 250,000 members, approved a resolution urging PTAs to lobby school systems to remove physical punishment from discipline policies.
The resolution stopped short of seeking a change in state law, which now permits corporal punishment provided that school officials act in good faith and the punishment is not excessive.
“Physical punishment can demoralize and humiliate children, causing then to develop low self-esteem, and possibly promote aggressive behavior . . .,” the resolution stated.
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