Texas
Easter egg mix-up: Parent dressed as Easter bunny hands out condoms at Texas elementary school
A Texas mother or father brought about a fervor this week after handing out Easter eggs to children on the Gullet Elementary College campus in Austin. A lot of the eggs have been stuffed with sweet, however a handful have been filled with unopened condoms.
Mum or dad Nathan Jensen, a professor on the College of Texas and a father of three, stated he was initially involved when the college knowledgeable him through electronic mail of the incident, taking to social media this week to tweet “Unsure that is the Austin bizarre I signed up for.” Jensen then took it upon himself to seek out out extra.
Based on a textual content thread amongst Jensen and different dad and mom on the faculty, all of it appears to have been a mistake. Dad and mom of the thread shared that the girl handing out eggs supposedly works as a pharmacist and had dressed up as a bunny whereas overseeing a safe-sex presentation at a close-by clinic. Jensen says she then went to select up her second grader whereas nonetheless sporting the costume and ended up “mobbed” by college students on the faculty, to whom she began handing out sweet.
Working out of provides, she referred to as her husband for assist, and he by accident grabbed the fallacious eggs. “Chaos ensued,” Jensen says.
Now, the Austin Impartial College District is reevaluating its security protocols following the incident, in response to a report by M. Acosta of KXAN. The district advised the information outlet that the mother or father was requested to depart, however merely moved to a public sidewalk and continued to present away the eggs.
“We’re working to evaluation our security protocols to make sure this doesn’t occur once more,” a district spokesperson advised KXAN. “It was an extremely careless and inappropriate motion of a mother or father.”
The college’s principal additionally despatched out a letter to folks explaining that the occasion was not deliberate or sanctioned by the college. Officers additionally spoke with the mother or father in regards to the “inappropriate nature of their exercise,” KXAN reported.
Some politicians are seizing the chance to make use of the incident for his or her campaigns in opposition to discussions about intercourse in colleges. Texas lawyer normal candidate George P. Bush shared KXAN’s story to Twitter, calling the incident “disgusting” and illegal.
“Radicalized leftist dad and mom & faculty admins are uncontrolled, making an attempt to use our kids whereas at school,” Bush tweeted. “As AG, I’ll maintain faculty districts accountable for his or her failures to guard our youngsters.”