SICKENING: CA Elementary Students Given Flutes That Allegedly Had Semen In Them

Elementary school students in several school districts in Southern California may have taken home flutes and recorders contaminated with human semen.

A male teacher who was part of a program called Flutes Across the World is under investigation. On Sunday, Saugus Union Superintendent Joan Lucid emailed parents, “The performer distributes a flutelike musical instrument made of PVC pipe or bamboo to students during a music lesson, and the allegation is that he contaminated some of these instruments with semen. These allegations are deeply concerning, and I realize they raise many questions.”

The Los Angeles Unified School District reported at least 13 school districts in Southern California may have been affected. The LAUSD said it was part of an investigation of alleged “inappropriate sexual conduct involving a musical performer.”

On Saturday, the Fullerton School District emailed parents, stating that a presenter from Flutes Across the World had visited two elementary schools in the district over the past academic year, working with fourth- through sixth-grade students. The Fullerton School District added, “We were informed that this individual has worked in a number of school districts throughout California and we have no evidence to suggest any of our students are connected with the investigation.”

Chantel Uchida, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Philharmonic Society, told the Orange County Register that the Orange County Philharmonic Society had sponsored the Flutes Across the World program for three years. She added, “We’re so shocked and disgusted. We will be stepping back from this. There are no plans to continue it in the future.”

The Associated Press reported John Zeretzke, the founder of Flutes Across the World, had no comment on Saturday. Founded in 2009, Flutes Across the World supervised hundreds of workshops with thousands of children in the United States and across the world.