Texas first-graders ‘force 6-year-old girl to perform sexual acts and record them on iPad’

A Texas The school district faces intense scrutiny after a six-year-old girl was allegedly forced to perform a sex act on another child while being filmed on one iPad.

The six-year-old first grader was pulled under a table in her classroom and performed the act on another child while a third taped April 19 at South Elementary School in Plainview, Texas.

She hit the boy with a book of poetry to stop him, but it went on “until they let her go,” claimed her older cousin Heather Gonzales.

The little girl sat next to her attackers for the rest of the week before telling her family what had happened – although the school found out two days later, her relatives say.

The elementary school teacher who was in the classroom at the time was put on leave pending the investigation. The youth protection is also investigating the incident.

Gonzales said the family only realized something was wrong when their behavior changed – and have accused Plainview ISD Superintendent HT Sanchez of not doing enough in the aftermath.

Heather Gonzales (pictured), the female victim’s older cousin, said the family only realized something was wrong when their behavior changed. She claims that her cousin was forced to sit next to her alleged perpetrators for a week after the crime

On Friday, over 200 people protested the district’s handling of the abuse

She further revealed KCBD: “She’s in trouble, she says: ‘My stomach hurts. I just want to lie down.”

Jennifer Hughey, Principal of South Elementary School (pictured). The people are demanding their release

“You can tell there’s something wrong with her. So they said, “What’s the matter? What happened?”

At the time, the little girl claimed a boy exposed himself to her while they were standing on their lunch break. But that was just the beginning of the ordeal, Gonzales said.

The first grader told her family that a week earlier, during class, a student had pulled her under a desk and forced her to have sex with him.

This happened while a teacher was in the classroom at the time, Gonzales said. The district says the abuse happened “out of the teacher’s full sight.”

As the abuse took place, another student pulled out an iPad from the school and recorded the alleged sex on it.

The video was found a day later by teachers after catching students reviewing the abuse on the device. The iPad came with a password, so it was taken to IT to unlock it, where they found the “inappropriate content”.

The abuse allegedly happened at South Elementary School in Plainview, Texas

Plainview ISD Superintendent HT Sanchez said: “We hope to find some direction forward with them. Definitely for the young people and how we can help them heal and move forward.

Protesters called for the firing of South Elementary Principal Jennifer Hughey and Superintendent HT Sanchez (pictured).

The video allegedly showed the little girl fighting back. Gonzales revealed that her cousin hit the boy with her book of poetry to get him to stop.

She said, “She said she would hit him with the book of poetry.”

When asked at what point the abuse ended, Gonzales said, “She said until they let me go.”

Although the teachers and the district were aware of the situation, Gonzales said her little cousin was forced to sit next to the alleged abuser for another week. She was sitting at a table full of boys in the classroom.

Gonzales added, “So you’re telling me that abuse has been going on for a week and a half and these kids are still sitting at the same desk.

“My cousin still sits at the desk with all the boys and has to see her tormentors every day.”

Raquel Medina, the victim’s aunt, added: “I firmly believe it [the school] should be held accountable.

“We fight for justice. If it were their child, they would want the same thing.”

she said All Lubbock.com: “People take sides, and it’s not about sides, it’s about the welfare of the children. I think as parents we should want the same for every child. My child is safe, your child is safe – they should be safe together.’

According to a statement, the district informed the parents directly affected, but one family was informed three days later because they were said to be unavailable.

Plainview ISD Superintendent HT Sanchez said: “We hope to find some direction forward with them. Definitely for the young people and how we can help them heal and move forward.’

On Friday, over 200 people protested the district’s handling of the abuse. Many came with placards with messages that read, “We will not be silenced.”

Protesters claimed the district should have been more transparent from the moment the video was spotted on the school’s iPad.

They also called for the firing of South Elementary Principal Jennifer Hughey and Superintendent HT Sanchez.

Meanwhile, the victim’s family still hasn’t seen the video – as the district claims there was nothing to see.