Sex Acts in School

Do you know about what is happening behind closed doors at schools? There have been many documented cases of students being caught having sex in school. These cases involved all ages from elementary to high school students who have been caught committing sex acts on school property.


A five year old boy assaulted two girls in a uni-bathroom in Australia, three high school boys and a girl were caught in the act of oral sex in the auditorium while other students watched in Tennessee, and middle schools are beginning to have gender split lunches because students were caught having sex.

Students at Rangeview seem to be unaware of sex acts in schools. When they were asked the question “Do you know about sex acts in school?”; most said “No”. However, when they were asked “If they knew people who had sex in school?” most said “Yes.” Though many adults would think that this is a major problem students tend to disagree. Senior Tiffany Swearingen said “It’s your choice. What others do is up to them just don’t brag or talk about it. Keep it to yourself.” It seems that students don’t mind sex acts as long as other students keep it to themselves. There are some students, however, who find sex acts in school to be a repulsive idea. Senior Demitra Mouroutsos said, “It’s not ok, if you’re willing to have sex in school you should feel obligated to get your dignity back.” Junior Irma Ferrufino stated, “Personally, I’m not in favor of it.”

This is not a local problem or even a national problem, it is a world problem. Students are caught all over the world having sex at school ranging from the innocent young age of five to high school students. The students are usually caught in bathrooms or auditoriums; however there have been incidents where the students were caught committing sex acts in class. This happens when a teacher steps out of the room or even with the teacher in the room. When the acts are committed in class with the teacher present it is usually blocked by another student cutting off the teachers view.

The punishments for sex acts in schools vary with age and severity of the act, punishment is often in the form of suspension or expulsion. Students are suspended and then removed to another school, each child involved is sent to a different school in the hopes of giving them a new start and eliminating the undesirable behavior. Middle school students are suspended and possibly expelled. The school administration will usually send a letter home telling parents about the sex act. Schools are required by law to involve the police if the sex act is filmed because it is then considered child pornography.

In many middle schools this problem is so severe that the administrations have begun to separate their lunches by gender. Many of the incidents reported have happened at middle schools during the lunch hour. The administrations of many schools chose to separate the lunches as a precautionary measure. However others made this policy because a sex act happened and was caught at the school.

When a sex act is dealt with at an elementary school it is viewed as a serious problem and also many times as not the child’s fault. Though the child performed the sex act it is blamed on things the child has seen on the internet or parental influence. Some elementary schools have sent home CDs that tell parents how to watch what their child sees on the internet and how to block it so that the problem is lessened.

At Rangeview, sex acts are less prevalent. There have been no reports of sex acts at Rangeview that the deans know of. The punishment if a sex act is caught at Rangeview is suspension for the first offense anywhere from three to five days and expulsion after the second offense. When Dean Cunningham was asked what her opinion was on sex acts in school she replied, “Definitely inappropriate and uncalled for in any school setting.”

-Chris Black