School That Teaches Abstinence Education Experiences Chlamydia Outbreak

[liberal N proud]

A small high school in Texas is currently grappling with an STD outbreak, as 20 cases of chlamydia have been confirmed among the student population. Since Crane High School only has about 300 students, that means about one in 15 kids there has been infected. School district officials sent out letters to the parents of high schoolers and middle schoolers to inform them of the “growing problem.”
The outbreak is putting the spotlight on the potential gaps in education in the Crane Independent School District. As Raw Story notes, the West Texas district does not currently offer a regular sex ed course that’s integrated into students’ health classes. High schoolers receive just three days of optional sexual health education during the fall semester, and those materials are centered on abstinence.



http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/05/04/3654650/outbreak-texas-sex-ed/

[Jefferson23]

1. Brilliant.

snip* the superintendent of Crane Independent School District, Jim T. Rumage, said that abstinence education is still the best approach for students, regardless of the current outbreak. “If kids are not having any sexual activity, they can’t get this disease,” Rumage said. “That’s not a bad program.”

Yea, its a great program..keep them stupid, like their elders.

[enid602]

2. related?

I wonder how.many of the kids are cousims.