Posted on 01/25/2010 11:32:30 AM PST by DFG
HITCHCOCK — What was supposed to be a motivation speech to a collection of sixth- through eighth-grade girls at Crosby Middle School instead turned into an explicit sex talk, including descriptions on how to perform oral and anal sex, Hitchcock school officials said.
The motivational speaker turned out to be a Hitchcock school board member, Shirley Price.
Hitchcock Superintendent Mike Bergman said the Jan. 15 pep talk was supposed to be a motivational speech.
Price, who was born with physical handicaps, still managed to earn a doctoral degree and also won a seat on the school board.
Bergman said when Price was introduced, she asked that the school’s principal leave the room. Most of the teachers remained, but they did not step in when Price’s speech turned inappropriate, Bergman said.
“Somehow she got some story that she heard that students were having sex on campus and went into a speech about sexual type things,” Bergman said. “There was no motivational speech at all.”
The speech reportedly turned graphic and included instructions on how to perform oral and anal sex and included several curse words, Bergman said.
Students apparently were told to keep the contents of the speech secret, Bergman said.
Attempts to reach Price, who does not have a working listed land line phone and whose mobile phone answered with a generic “not available” recording, were unsuccessful.
The district has been flooded with calls from outraged parents who were unaware of the presentation until a couple of parents spoke at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
After that meeting, Price apologized and met one-on-one with some of the parents, Bergman said.
The district did not inform parents of the presentation until a letter was sent home with students Friday.
The letter, which does not name Price, said that a school trustee’s speech was “off-target and objectionable.”
“The topic discussed was not the agreed upon topic,” the letter says.
Bergman’s letter said the controversy would be a topic for discussion at the next regular school board meeting.
Meanwhile, the district tightened its policies on presentations to students. It now requires the school principal to be present for all presentations.
Teachers also would be given more leeway to interrupt a presentation deemed inappropriate, no matter who the speaker is, Bergman said.
And the principal left? Now gee, what good thing could possibly result from the speaker asking the principal to leave? LOL - stupid is as stupid does.
“Most of the teachers remained, but they did not step in when Price’s speech turned inappropriate, Bergman said.”
Who are these morally bankrupt hires?
I wanna know why she’s still on the board.
Sexually explicit instructions to children? That sort of thing used to be grounds for arrest and prosecution.
Price needs to be removed from the board and the superintendent should provide a genuine abstinence-promoter to speak to the group and flush out the “motivation” they received previously.
I want to know why she isn't nursing several broken bones.
What? Is the principal 10 years old?
The appropriate answer to that request would have been, "Oh...Hell no."
No matter what was being discussed. If I were a Superintendent in this school district, there would be some fired teachers as well.
I want to know why people still support government schools and send their kids there.
>>>Students apparently were told to keep the contents of the speech secret, Bergman said.<<<
Those of us who have been taught to identify sexual abusers of children understand that “keeping secrets” is one of the key components of the abuse.
It’s really, really good that my child wasn’t in that audience, for reasons best left to the imagination.
Gee, can I go to the school and bring up the same topic with some of these children?
Why not?
I'm honored to share this board with former president WJC.
Sexual predators **always** tell the children to keep things “secret”.
Would the Child Protection Services and police be knocking at the common citizen's door?
Well!...It is TIME THAT PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, and SCHOOL EMPLOYEES BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS THE “LITTLE” PEOPLE!!!!
If a parent or common citizen would be arrested then so should TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, and SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS!!!
Yes, I am shouting. I am sick of this “Animal Farm” favoritism given to government schools and their employees. Government teachers, principals, and school employees get to live in the farmer's house. The rest of us get arrested and have our kids taken away by the CPS.
New tagline...
So, if some guy had chatted the same stuff to these middle school girls on the internet, how many years would he get?
Bwhahah! And I bet that lasted about as long as it took the students to find someone who wasn't at the meeting. Not only is she a pervert but completely stupid to boot.
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