Oregon HS class had to write ‘sexual fantasy,’ include sex toys

An Oregon high school is under fire over an X-rated assignment that asked students to come up with a “sexual fantasy’’ featuring items such as massage oil, flavored syrup and feathers.

Health class students at Churchill High School in Eugene were told to write a short story detailing a “sexual fantasy,’’ including sex toys — as instructed in a syllabus approved by the district, furious parents said.

“You will write a short story of a paragraph or two. This story is a sexual fantasy that will have NO penetration of any kind or oral sex (no way of passing an STI),’’ the assignment read.

“You will choose 3 items (romantic music, candles, massage oil, feather, feather boa, flavored syrup, etc) to use in your story. Your story should show that you can show and receive loving physical affection without having sex.”

An assignment earlier in the year, titled “With Whom Would You Do It?,” had students write the initials of both a boy and a girl in the class with whom they would be willing to perform various acts, including anal and oral sex.

Katherine Rogers, one of many outraged parents at the school, condemned the “sexual fantasy” lesson handed out by teacher Kirk Miller, saying students in the class felt “mortified, awkward and creeped out.”

Rogers also questioned how the district could allow such an assignment, telling Oregon Live, “The district reviews these curriculums before they get approved, right?”

“Did they actually read this?”

“If this was reviewed, how did it slip through the cracks? I could see this easily becoming a national scandal,” the mom said.

Eugene School District 4J said it has since pulled the assignment from its syllabus, but further scrutiny into the health class revealed that students also had been given the “With Whom Would You Do It?” assignment.

That February assignment involved a virtual spinning wheel labeled with sexual categories that students needed to respond to when the wheel stopped.

“My daughter was very, very, very uncomfortable in the classroom,” dad Justin McCall told KEZ of the February classwork. “Especially when [the teacher] put up the generated spinning wheel, and it had anal penetration and oral sex up there. Her and her best friend did not participate in that. But they still got graded.”

After intense backlash, Churchill High School Principal Missy Cole sent out a letter to parents insisting that the school was just following the approved curriculum.

“I am certain you are aware of concerns that have been raised around a health 2 – human sexuality, class assignment,” Cole wrote, referring to the “sexual fantasy” paper at the time. “Our administration is working with the district office to review the 2016 adopted secondary health curriculum – OWL: Our Whole Lives to determine the full context of the assignment.

“At this time, the assignment has been removed from the class syllabus and will not be a part of students’ grades. The OWL curriculum is utilized by many districts across the state and is endorsed by the Oregon Department of Education.

“Families are provided the course syllabus at the start of each term with an option to opt their student out of some or all of the coursework. As always, we welcome the review of curriculum and discussions with our families.

“Additionally, the district has begun the process of reviewing and selecting a new health curriculum to replace the OWL content that will be completed by the end of the school year.”

But Melanie Davis, a program manager for OWL, said in a statement that the district had been following an “unauthorized” and outdated assignment.

Eugene School District 4J did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Gordon Lafer, a member of the school board, condemned the assignment in a personal statement, saying it “should not be part of our curriculum.”

“I believe that requiring students to write down and turn in sexual fantasies as part of a class assignment is an abuse of power and an invasion of students’ privacy,” he said.

“It is the responsibility of the Board and District to make sure that students are not given inappropriate material.”