Is Kevin Jennings teaching in Oakland?
OAKLAND, Calif. (KTLA) — A second-grade teacher has been placed on leave while a school and police investigate accounts by students that classmates engaged in oral sex and stripped off some of their clothes during class, officials said Friday.
The investigation was under way at Markham Elementary School in Oakland, where the principal notified parents of the situation in a letter Thursday.
“We believe if the reports are true, there was a serious lapse of judgment or lack of supervision in the classroom,” said Troy Flint, a spokesman for the Oakland Unified School District.
“We’re investigating how could this have happened. It seems unthinkable to us, just the same way it does to the public.”
The male teacher, whose name has not been released, told investigators he did not see any of the acts that authorities suspect occurred last week.
The teacher is barred from campus at least until the investigation is completed.
The principal learned of the allegations Wednesday after a student gave an account to a teacher’s assistant, Flint said.
“Upon hearing these reports, we immediately launched an investigation which, to date, suggests that the reports have merit,” Principal Pam Booker wrote in the letter to parents.
“We have interviewed all the student participants who were implicated, as well as their teacher, and we continue to investigate the matter aggressively.”
One incident involved several students who partially undressed and acted disruptively during class, while the other involved students who engaged in oral sex, district officials said.
“I apologize for this and assure you that we are collaborating with counselors and parents to provide support to those involved, address any concerns and take whatever actions are necessary to ensure that a similar act does not occur again,” Booker told parents in the letter.
Counselors were at the school Friday to speak with students.
District officials emphasized the students were not accused of any wrongdoing.
“It’s an incident of kids expressing their natural curiosity that went too far because an adult didn’t step in,” Flint said.
Some parents said they were outraged when they received the letter and saw the story on the news.
“It kind of scares me to know that the teachers aren’t really watching them,” said Ane Musuva, who has two children at Markham.
“I don’t want my kids growing up in this type of environment.”
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-oakland-classroom-oral-sex,0,6183888.story
If a teacher doesn’t notice undressed students having oral sex in their own classroom, it’s because of one of two reasons: The teacher ignored it, or encouraged it. Either way, the sick fuckwad deserves prison time.
Where in the hell did these kids get the idea for an adult sex act, to begin with?!?
There’s something sketchy about this. Even if he was overworked, I find it very difficult to believe the teacher didn’t realize this was going on. Besides, how discreet are two 7-year-olds going to be, doing something like that? Anyway, I hope they do a full investigation into the guys. A lot of things bother me about this situation; too many to list here. I did a post about it, though. http://8poundpreemie.blogspot.com/2011/01/im-starting-to-understand-appeal-of.html
1st Time Mommy,
I live in a town called Lorain (about 30 miles West of Cleveland). Over the years, I’ve witnessed the total breakdown of society, and especially in the schools. My first thought whenever I read crap like what took place in Oakland is, “WHERE ARE THE PARENTS??” The trouble with that, is many of them are derelicts and criminals themselves. They’re breeding machines without conscience or sense of responsibility. They send their kids to school as a means of babysitting, not education. As for the teacher, he needs prison time. You know damned well he simply ignored or (even worse) encouraged the obscenity. Oakland is notorious for being a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Nothing surprises me.
SFC MAC
He was undoubtedly influenced by the heated rhetoric coming from Fox News.
What the fu@k is wrong with this story.
District officials emphasized the students were not accused of any wrongdoing.
OH Nooooo!!!No wrongdoing here.Oral Sex was the norm when I was a kid in the second grade.Give me a brake,only in Calif.