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HOUSTON -- Some parents in Fort Bend County are outraged after their children said they witnessed a pair of eighth-graders engaged in a sex act, right in the middle of class.

Parents told KPRC Local 2 that they received the unsettling news about an incident at Crockett Middle School in a letter that went home on Friday.

"My mouth flew open when you told me just a few minutes ago," Lubergha Munson said. "I didn't expect you to say anything like that. I thought you were going to say they were fighting or something."


The principal sent letters home with some students explaining a situation that was reported to campus administrators last week.

The principal reported that the students, a boy and a girl, made inappropriate sexual contact with each other while other students watched.

That was a shock for Tom Ray, who has a 14-year-old daughter.

"To me there are a host of problems and I think it starts at home," Ray said.

In the letter, Principal Corliss Rogers said that there was an investigation and that both students received appropriate disciplinary action.

The letter does not say where the teacher was at the time.

However, some concerned parents told the station that their children said the sex act happened once the teacher stepped out of the classroom.

"I think there should be more supervision. If that's the case and they have enough time to do such things, obviously there's not people there to supervise them," Crockett parent Gerry Banez said. "That's real disheartening."

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 would expect the parent to at least have a call from the principal if not the day at least the next morning. I don't believe there's any excuse why that wouldn't happen," Ray said.

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

"No respect for authority, no respect for themselves, (and) not for the other kids in the classroom," Munson said.

Campus and district counselors have talked with the students who were in the class and will be available in the future if those students need to talk.

I feel bad that people blame teachers, sometimes they need to go and get something, it's happened to me many times. Teachers need to leave the classroom for a minute or two for somethign important.

That's the two 8th graders faults. They should know what and what not to do in school. It's just sick.

I think the problem starts with the culture that influenced the parents to raise such a child... so the problem is essentially everything and everything and how to deal with that problem is up to the parent.

omg that is awful!
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id love to know why ppl blame the teachers tho!
them kids must be disturbed to do whatever it was infront of everyone eek
tho id love to know exactly what the sex act was, if he just grabbed her boobs its a bit different to oral sex lol

Didn't something like that happen in Indiana a year or so ago?

nah we just need better sex ed. and the kids need slapping lol

i cant believe they did that in front of everyone neutral i hate when people kiss with tongues in front of me, id be mortified if someone started doing things like that in front of me eek

Maybe that's what THEY thought? "AND now, for a demonstration..."