Second Graders Having Oral Sex in Classroom

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-01-22 21:25

  A teacher at an East Oakland elementary school has been placed on leave as officials investigate accusations that two of his second-grade students engaged in oral sex in the classroom and that some ran around without their clothes on, a district spokesman said Friday.
  
  Oakland Unified School District officials said the allegations involved students in a classroom at Markham Elementary School, and that the reported conduct happened sometime last week. A student came forward with details of the incidents Wednesday, district spokesman Troy Flint said.
  
  "Acting on early findings, the investigation is leading us to believe that these details have merit," Flint said.
  
  The district placed the teacher on paid administrative leave, Flint said. The teacher told officials that he was unaware of either incident. His name was not released.
  
  Although details of the incidents remain sketchy, authorities said they are investigating reports that a girl and a boy engaged in oral sex in the classroom, Flint said.
  
  In a separate case, two students disrobed "at least partially" in the same classroom and became disruptive, school officials said. It was not immediately clear whether the same two students were involved in both incidents.
  
  Schools police conducted interviews and gathered evidence, Flint said. A city police officer addressed students Friday afternoon to discuss what constitutes improper touching, he said.
  
  The 430-student, K-5 school is located on Krause Avenue near the Eastmont Mall shopping center in East Oakland.
  Letter to parents
  
  Principal Pam Booker sent a letter to parents Thursday saying the parents of the students reportedly involved in the incidents had been contacted.
  
  She said the school prides itself on providing a "safe learning environment for all of our children, and the events as reported represent an unacceptable lack of supervision."
  
  Alan Saunders, whose 7-year-old nephew is in the classroom where the incidents allegedly occurred, defended the teacher as he arrived Friday to pick the boy up from school.
  
  "No kind of weird problems, good vibes from him. He's a real good teacher," Saunders said.
  
  Some of the students in the class have behavioral problems, and at times the teacher has to separate children who are acting up from other students, Saunders said.
  In the coatroom?
  
  The children involved in the alleged sex incident "could have gone around the corner," Saunders said. "They have coatrooms and other stuff in every room. It wasn't like he (the teacher) was at fault. It's not the teachers' responsibility to babysit the kids. They're there to teach them."
  
  Flint said young children "have a natural curiosity about the human body, and they're prone to exploration. But, of course, we have to work with children to make sure they understand that there's a proper time, place and manner to do so."
  
  If the incidents are confirmed to have taken place, Flint said, it will be important to tell the children that "they are not at fault" and that any blame lies with teachers and other adults and their "egregious lack of supervision."
  
  Monique Wells, 28, has a son in a different second-grade class at the school.
  
  "What kind of parents do they have?" Wells asked Friday. "That's what goes through my mind, because if these are second-graders, they really don't know anything about sex."
  Very rare
  
  Experts in child sexual abuse said it's highly unusual for children that young to engage in sexual acts of any kind. When children are only 7 or 8 years old, they're typically starting to explore their bodies and learn about what feels good to them, but they're far too young to have any interest in sex with others.
  
  "Oral copulation between children is profoundly not normal," said Dr. James Crawford-Jakubiak, medical director of the Center for Child Protection at Oakland Children's Hospital.
  
  Crawford-Jakubiak said investigators should find out whether one child initiated the contact, and what that child had been exposed to outside the classroom. He said it's possible one of the children has been sexually abused and needs help.
  
  "I'm more concerned about specific issues going on with specific kids," Crawford-Jakubiak said, "as opposed to generalizing and saying that this happened because there's too much sex on television."

  
  
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  how the **** this happen
• Phunkie wrote on 2011-01-22 21:26
  How unfortunate.
  
  Not the teacher's fault, IMO. Some kids are just too hard to handle.
• Chihaya wrote on 2011-01-22 21:30
  ...Seriously?
• Kazuni wrote on 2011-01-22 21:30
  They're just getting younger and younger ._.
• Phunkie wrote on 2011-01-22 21:32

  Quote from Kazuni;300760:

  They're just getting younger and younger ._.

  
  
  Gotta blame the parents too!
• Meikeru wrote on 2011-01-22 21:36
  o.e
  
  Them 2nd graders are doing better than most of the older people.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2011-01-22 21:37
  But...
  
  2nd graders...?
• Osayidan wrote on 2011-01-22 21:37
  Unless the teacher encouraged it I don't want to see anything bad happening to her.
  There's some things you just don't get involved in as a teacher, if you go up to a kid getting oral sex and tell them to stop or pull them appart they'll just accuse you of pedophilia anyways.
• TA wrote on 2011-01-22 21:40
  Jesus christ...... I didn't even know what sex was when I was that young...
  
  It's not the teacher's fault... it's the parents. Some ****ed up **** is going on in those homes.
• AnnabelleMarie wrote on 2011-01-22 21:41
  wow...maybe there is trouble at home.../watches lots of law and order SVU
  
  make young kids pants with no zippers? and make girls not wear skirts?
• Time wrote on 2011-01-22 21:49
  Damn, they must have crappy parents, feel bad for those kids.
• Chillax wrote on 2011-01-22 21:51
  Brings a whole new meaning to 69.
• Tokiko wrote on 2011-01-22 21:56

  Quote from Phunkie;300761:

  Gotta blame the parents too!

  
  
  Meh, not really.
  There was this (older) kid in my neighborhood that was telling kids about sex while I was about 7.
  But I guess you can blame some parents too, I mean there are some parents that tell their kids about sex if their child wants to know what sex is but I don't think they tell them about oral sex.
  
  

  Quote from Chillax;300789:

  Brings a whole new meaning to 69.

  
  More like 6 and 9!
  AMIRITE?
  Oh wait that's what you meant ]:
• Phunkie wrote on 2011-01-22 22:04
  No, you gotta blame the parents as well because they are the ones who are supposed to teach the children.
  
  Granted, it comes down to the child's decision in the end, but that decision is influenced by what they are taught. If you teach your child not to do drugs, there is a decreased chance that he or she will try them in elementary school. That doesn't mean that he or she might not be influenced by peer pressure, but teaching your child makes that child smarter when dealing with those kinds of situations.
  
  My Mom always taught me never to let anyone touch me and never to go with any stranger and I never did.
  
  These kids would probably go with a stranger if that stranger offered them candy.
  
  That's the difference between teaching them and not doing so.
• Tokiko wrote on 2011-01-23 04:45

  Quote from Phunkie;300809:

  No, you gotta blame the parents as well because they are the ones who are supposed to teach the children.
  
  Granted, it comes down to the child's decision in the end, but that decision is influenced by what they are taught. If you teach your child not to do drugs, there is a decreased chance that he or she will try them in elementary school. That doesn't mean that he or she might not be influenced by peer pressure, but teaching your child makes that child smarter when dealing with those kinds of situations.
  
  My Mom always taught me never to let anyone touch me and never to go with any stranger and I never did.
  
  These kids would probably go with a stranger if that stranger offered them candy.
  
  That's the difference between teaching them and not doing so.

  
  
  You're not eve sure if the parents taught the kids about sex yet you're blaming the parents.
  Do you think them saying "Hey I know you don't know what sex is yet but do not try it".
  
  It also seems like you're implying that everyone parent that tells their kids to not do drugs and well in school do exactly what their parents say.
  You don't need to tell kids what to do for them to know it's bad. Take bullies for example they know hurting kids is wrong but yet they do it anyways.
  I get what you're trying to say but not everything is just as simple as that.