Teacher On Leave After Sex Survey, School Says

POSTED: 6:14 pm MDT November 3, 2011
UPDATED: 6:24 pm MDT November 3, 2011

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A controversial sex survey landed one Rio Rancho biology teacher on paid leave.A four-question survey was supposed to be a study to teach ninth-grade biology students at Rio Rancho High School about disease and infection, instead it has raised some eyebrows, and parents said they should have been notified if something like this was being given to students.The students took the anonymous sex survey, without their parents' knowledge."I wouldn't have agreed to any of this," said parent Paul Bustamante.The district said the survey was intended to be used school-wide to teach students about how disease spreads, but some parents said it went a little too far because it asks students if there were sexually active and whom they had last kissed."I think it's too much for kids to be involved in that stuff, to even experience in that stuff. They're too young for that," Bustamante said."I mean, the question they're asking is, like, why should we know about that?" said 10th-grader Alexandra Beltran.Rio Rancho School District spokeswoman Kim Vessley said the district is investigating to determine whether the teacher will be disciplined. Vessley said both the student handbook and district policies clearly state that any type of survey that discusses sexual behaviors must have parental consent."There are many appropriate ways teachers can teach subjects. Perhaps this way was not the most appropriate way," Vessley said."It would probably be a good idea to at least inform the parents," said school volunteer Diane Swinney.The teacher will remain on paid leave until the investigation wraps up, officials said. The district said it's unclear just how many students took the survey.

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