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School District Confiscates Cell Phones After Nude Photos Circulated Save Email Print

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(May 21, 2008)--Police in a Galveston County school district confiscated dozens of cell phones from students after nude pictures of two junior high girls began to circulate.

Santa Fe School Superintendent Jon Whittemore said the students were forwarding the images to each other in an expanding circle.

He says it started when two Santa Fe Junior High School students took nude photos of themselves and sent them to their boyfriends.

The boyfriends forwarded the photos to others, who in turn forwarded them again.

Whittemore says district administrators are checking the phones and, in some cases, asking parents to come to claim them.

He said the two girls and the boys who forwarded the photos will be first in line for disciplinary action, but he says so many students received the images that it would be impossible to discipline them all.

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Posted by: Gerry Location: Cameron on May 22, 2008 at 03:44 PM
two jr. high girls send nude photos of themselves to boyfriends. first of all, they don't need to be having boyfriends at that age. second, they sure as heck don't need to be getting naked and sending photos to boyfriends that they shouldn't have in the first place. i bet their parents are proud. uh, embarassed would be a more appropriate word. i wonder if either of these two "fine young ladies" are a "babies mama" right now. PITIFUL.

Posted by: Ann Location: Centex on May 22, 2008 at 03:20 PM
This is a crime: Creating and distributing child pornography! This is not an isolated incident....parents need to be nosy with teens and find out what is on their phones, computers, whatever else. Don't know that picture messaging is necessary for a teen.

Posted by: Tamara Location: Waco on May 22, 2008 at 12:29 PM
That's makes me wonder humm...I just made a video for my husband, now I wonder what he is doing at work right now.

Posted by: susiebw Location: Kempner on May 22, 2008 at 10:33 AM
Good, this is silly and needs to be stopped. They never realize how bad it is until it's too late, and everyone in town knows and has seen those kids naked.

Posted by: Anonymous on May 21, 2008 at 10:45 PM
The age of technology! It is going to be the death of us all!

Posted by: What? Location: TX on May 21, 2008 at 06:11 PM
Too many to discipline them all? Oh no......if one gets in trouble they all have the same punishment. If there were only a couple they would be enforcing the strictest punishments they could find. If it's half the school then so be it. I hope that Cheerleader dad form Houston sees this considering his daughter and everyone in the school that looked at a picture sent was suspended.

Posted by: C Location: Killeen on May 21, 2008 at 02:10 PM
Maybe this will be a hard lesson learned to these obviously promiscuous teens!

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