Middle School Students Caught In Sex Act In Class

It would seem that two middle school students in Houston, Texas decided to engage in sexual activity in the middle of a classroom, surrounded by other students. On the one hand, at least the teacher wasn’t in the room, watching and/or participating. On the other hand, where WAS the teacher? Yes, there are obviously times that a teacher must step out of the room, but long enough for students to engage in sexual activity?

What’s also disheartening for some parents was the amount of time it took for the information to get to them. It’s been more than a week since the incident happened.

I wouldn’t call it disheartening- more like enraging. Schools are constantly talking about parents’ lack of involvement in children’s education, but when there is a serious issue at school, parents are deliberately kept in the dark. This lack of communication has occurred in our local public school as well. When a student made threats to shoot the principal and teachers, the school was locked down, but no note was ever sent home. At the time, our daughter was in kindergarten there. I heard about it from a student, and when I asked a teacher, they simply told me that yes, the school was under lock down for three days, but parents were not informed for fear that they would keep their children home. What? Shouldn’t sending their children into a potentially life-threatening situation be the parents’ choice?

Still, some parents said it all boils down to a lack of respect.

Those parents were talking about a lack of respect on the part of the students who performed the sexual sideshow. I believe the same could be said about a school system that failed to notify parents for a full week.