The superintendent of schools in Crane, Texas is rethinking the districts sexual education curriculum, after learning that 20 of the high schools 300 students have tested positive for chlamydia.
Jim Rummage told television station KFOR, "We do have an abstinence curriculum, and that evidently ain’t working. We need to do all we can, although it’s the parents’ responsibility to educate their kids on sexual education.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention isn't mincing any words, calling the outbreak a health issue of epidemic proportions.
Chlamydia can result in permanent damage to a woman's reproductive system, if left untreated.
NYdailynews.com reports letters went home to parents last week, alerting them of the outbreak.
Crane, population 3,000, is located south of Odessa, in west Texas.