by Organizingf for America

Created on: February 03, 2009   Last Updated: February 09, 2009

I read an article in the newspaper and heard on the news about five
fifth-graders accused of sex in school. I believe there is definitively
a need for sex education courses in the schools. I find this incident,
which occurred in the Louisiana School District, appalling and it
leaves me flabbergasted, so please excuse my errata. I will try my best
not to directly point my finger at the public school system and parents

because two wrongs do not make a right. Under no circumstances will I
condone the public school system, students or parents because,
individually, all parties involved must take full responsibility for
their actions. The school's responsibilities are to teach and educate
our children in a safe and conducive learning environment. However,
parents, our responsibilities are disciplining our children and taking
an interest in our own children's education, so an incident like this
does not first happen in the home and second in the schools. When a
student commits a crime at school, it is the responsibility of the
school officials to report the crime to Law Enforcement. In addition,
the school officials have the right to discipline students with ISSP,
referrals, and suspension because students must abide by rules and
regulations. Once parents set forth rules and regulations in their
homes, discipline will develop first in the home where it should begin.
If children do not learn this first in the home they will begin a life
of crime as a youngster, which will follow them into adulthood.
Accountability only falls on the public school system's behalf in this
incident because it happened at school and the teacher left underage
students unattended in a classroom. A high school teacher, who normally
watches the fifth-grade class, went to an assembly for the older
students. However, the accountability falls more on the parents than
the public schools system because a child will only imitate and do what
they see, so parents you are more responsible than the school system. I
have witnessed, while working in court administration, the Department
of Children and Families charging parents with neglect and removing
children from homes because they were underage and left unattended. It
is against the law for parents to leave underage children unattended in
their homes. The teacher left underage students unattended in a
classroom, violating the schools policies and procedures. I have my
qualms with the school systems; one is sixth graders attending school
with junior high school students, and ninth graders

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