Brighton, COLORADO

Honestly, the air in Brighton, Colorado, must be thick with hashish fumes.

Dec 20, 2007 - The newest claim is that Brighton Collegiate High School social studies and German language teacher Ralph Kelly may have been conducting a gay teen sex survey.

Was the school aware of this gay teen sex survey?

Apparently, yes.“I overheard rumors of this survey and heard that it wouldn’t be done without parental permission,” board President Ken Mitchell said last week.

“But no, I was not aware of any of this going on. I’m not sure who may have been aware (of the survey). Maybe (Acting School Principal) Anthony (Matthews) knew about this,” Mitchell said.“But I think it’s just one deal, one kid, one instance.”

TT - Talk about clueless. And then there is this:

The Brighton Standard Blade has learned that another student went to Matthews several weeks before the reported assault at the school to report improper conduct by the same teacher.

Asking to remain anonymous, the student and his parent said they went to the school office after the student said he was approached by Kelly to answer questions and give input on the openly gay teen study.

“My son was embarrassed that he was thought to be gay because of his friendship with the victim,” the mother of this second victim stated. “After he was approached to answer these study questions, we went to Matthews’ office and reported it.

“He said he was aware of the sessions being conducted by Mr. Kelly,” the mother reported. “Matthews was aware of Kelly’s pursuit of students to participate in his study concerning openly gay teens in the high school.”

But Matthews saw things differently. “All we knew was that he had requested to do a diversity study,” Matthews said.“He brought the subject up with Ms. (Erin) Selleck,” Matthews said of the school’s dean of students.“She said she needed signed parental permission. We never saw anything in writing, no actual questions. We did not approve anything because the process was never followed through.”

No one seems to know anything. Kelly is the THIRD teacher in the 15-teacher school to be arrested. Link to Kelly

After McCandless and both Mundy's were sentenced, the charter school was renamed.

See David Mundy and Carrie McCandless and David Mundy, Sr.