An outbreak of chlamydia at a high school in Texas has forced administrators there to send a warning note home to parents.

District officials confirmed to CBS7 last Friday that the Crane Independent School District has seen 20 cases of the sexually transmitted disease in its high school, adding that letters have also been sent to the district's junior high school as a precaution.

The station estimates 1 in 15 students at the school has contracted chlamydia.

The high school offers a three-day sexual education course once a year that emphasizes abstinence.

Per the school's 2014-2015 handbook, Crane ISD "does not offer a curriculum in human sexuality," but the handbook does lay out state-mandated stipulations should a curriculum be needed in the future:

crane school district chlamydia outbreak

In a conversation with the San Antonio Express-News on Monday, school superintendent Jim Rumage defended the abstinence-heavy course.

"That's not a bad thing," said Rumage, "because if kids are not having any sexual activity, they can't get this disease. That's not a bad program."

Diana Martinez, a Crane resident and parent, told NewsWest 9 her kids are too young for her to worry about; otherwise, she'd sit them down and have a talk.

"Honestly this happens in any town," Martinez said. "Parents need to be aware of the situation and make sure they tell their kids to be safe and practice safe sex."

The school's health advisory committee met Monday to discuss the outbreak and formulate a response, which it will present to the school board on May 19.

Jeesuz H. Christ Wrote:
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> An outbreak of chlamydia at a high school in Texas
> has forced administrators there to send a warning
> note home to parents.
>
> District officials confirmed to CBS7 last Friday
> that the Crane Independent School District has
> seen 20 cases of the sexually transmitted disease
> in its high school, adding that letters have also
> been sent to the district's junior high school as
> a precaution.
>
> The station estimates 1 in 15 students at the
> school has contracted chlamydia.
>
> The high school offers a three-day sexual
> education course once a year that emphasizes
> abstinence.
>
> Per the school's 2014-2015 handbook, Crane ISD
> "does not offer a curriculum in human sexuality,"
> but the handbook does lay out state-mandated
> stipulations should a curriculum be needed in the
> future:
>
> crane school district chlamydia outbreak
>
> In a conversation with the San Antonio
> Express-News on Monday, school superintendent Jim
> Rumage defended the abstinence-heavy course.
>
> "That's not a bad thing," said Rumage, "because if
> kids are not having any sexual activity, they
> can't get this disease. That's not a bad
> program."
>
> Diana Martinez, a Crane resident and parent, told
> NewsWest 9 her kids are too young for her to worry
> about; otherwise, she'd sit them down and have a
> talk.
>
> "Honestly this happens in any town," Martinez
> said. "Parents need to be aware of the situation
> and make sure they tell their kids to be safe and
> practice safe sex."
>
> The school's health advisory committee met Monday
> to discuss the outbreak and formulate a response,
> which it will present to the school board on May
> 19.


"Parents need to be aware of the situation and make sure they tell their kids to be safe and practice safe sex."

Wow, makes perfect sense.

is it time for the parents to be parents?

Imagine if all those B-more looters had parents like the one that got smacked and dragged back home by his Mother?


Imagine how much $$$ the schools would save if they put more responsibility on the parents?

The district is predominately lower- to middle-income Hispanic. 67% Hispanic at the high school level. As is the school board.

HuffPo is racist.

GTK