Before students left for spring break, Desert Hills Middle School in Kennewick hosted an assembly and fundraiser that featured a competition between students and staff. Two plexiglass panes were stationed in the middle of the gymnasium and each side of the glass had four spots of marshmallow cream. Students and staff then competed to lick it off the plexiglass, often with adult educators and their minor students licking their respective sides of the glass at once. Students in the crowd could be heard screaming, “ew,” “disgusting,” “that’s so gross,” and “what the heck?” One student yelled, “who thought that this was a good idea?”

One student recorded a portion of the game. The student’s mom posted it on Facebook and shared it with the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH. She explained that she was “baffled” that so many adults at the school didn’t realize how inappropriate the game was.

[What’s remarkable about this is how much more clueless the adults were than the students. The middle schoolers knew this was “gross,” and yet the adults proceeded with it anyway. I don’t know if this is an example of “grooming” behavior, as some allege, but it is clear evidence that the people in charge in Kennewick’s school district are not mature enough to be put in charge of children. Also worth noting: the state of Washington still urges school districts to encourage masks for preventing the transmission of COVID-19. How does that activity fit in with the state’s protocol? — Ed]