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Report of sex in kindergarten investigated





Saturday, November 23, 2002

BY PETE SHELLEM
Of The Patriot-News

Harrisburg School District and county authorities are investigating allegations that a 5-year-old kindergarten girl performed oral sex on a male classmate in school last week.

City spokesman Randy King said the incident took place Nov. 15 in a classroom at Melrose Elementary School.


It wasn't clear yesterday where the teacher was at the time. She left a memo for the principal detailing the incident before she went on leave earlier this week and has yet to be interviewed. King said the teacher has a terminally ill relative and is out of town.

District officials learned of the incident after a classmate told her mother last weekend. The mother notified school district officials Monday, and they immediately launched an investigation.

Harrisburg police have turned the matter over to county social service agencies because of the age of the children.

There will be no criminal charges, King said, because of the children's age and because the act was not forced.

"However, Children and Youth Services will be investigating the matter," King said. "Children of this age who engage in such conduct don't necessarily get this from television."

The boy's mother contacted the news media yesterday, saying the school district was being unresponsive to her inquiries about the incident.

The mother, whose name is being withheld by The Patriot-News to protect the identity of the child, said that when the girl who performed the act was questioned, she admitted she had done it.

The mother said she wasn't immediately notified, and after she was, district officials told her the matter had been turned over to Dauphin County Children and Youth, told her to get her son counseling and refused to discuss it further.

She said she is concerned for her son as well as the girl, because she feels a child exhibiting such behavior may be being abused.

"This isn't kids fighting or cutting up in school," the mother said. "This is a serious matter."

District solicitor Nate Waters said that while the incident has been turned over to social service agencies, it is still not clear exactly what happened.

"Nobody that I have talked to has assured me that these things have happened," Waters said. "We don't want to keep on moving on with hearsay from 5-year-olds. We're currently attempting to contact the teacher and get some answers."

Waters said he doesn't doubt the incident took place.

"We're trying not to sensationalize 5-year-olds having sex," Waters said. "We don't want to alarm people who have 5-year-olds in classes all over the city.

"This has never happened before to my knowledge and very likely is never going to happen again," he said. PETE SHELLEM: 255-8156 or [email protected]

That's crazy! Remember the uproar a few years ago when a little boy kissed a classmate and was suspended or expelled? Where's the outrage here? I'm surprised it's not headline news.

This reminds me of a day when I was in kindergarten, not as extreme of course, but I was still in shock for days after one of the boys who sat at my table told each of us to come under the table with him, and said he'd pull something out to show us something special...that was the first time I had ever seen the difference between boys and girls in person! :eek: He never got in trouble for exposing himself...but down the road in high school he did get into trouble for alleged sexual assault.

Hmmm, strange things happen sometimes. I´d like to know how it all started. But I also could imagine they did this without any trigger of the adult world. Who knows...
Children are starting VERY early with sexual thoughts, just they cannot understand what it is about.

My question is where was the teacher?? They say it isn't clear where she was. That's ridiclous! A class full of 5 year olds should not be left alone under any circumstances.

Good question Scarlett...a lot of these shocking incidents regarding children and young teens are due to lack of supervision.

didnt anyone else play doctor as a little kid?

me and different friends (boys and girls) would often go to our rooms together, and play doc, and check each other out, mostly looking but a little touching. nothing as extreme as this story, but i think a lot of people did this...just kids learning about how people are made, and differences between them. i dont see anything really wrong with just that.

I recently learned 12 yr olds are performing oral sex and feel like it's no big deal. They say kissing is more personal. They're doing it any and everywhere. When I was 12 I didn't know what a blow job meant. What the hell is happening with our soceity?