“They’re licking peanut butter off of toes. What? I’m all for fundraising and all for really fun and silly things, but that right there just seems a little excessive,” says a parent.
An Oklahoma high school is receiving blowback after a video emerged showing students kissing and sucking feet for a fundraising event.
Deer Creek High School students were shown laying on the floor licking and sucking on people’s toes for a fundraiser for Not Your Average Joe Coffee, which employs people with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities.
“It was surprising,” an anonymous student told Fox 25. “I didn’t think they were going to do all that. I was just shocked. I didn’t really have like a feeling. I was kind of disgusted, and then kind of glad I wasn’t over there.”
🚨GRAPHIC WARNING- Video sent to FOX 25 shows students at Deer Creek High kissing and sucking on feet yesterday. @DCAntlers confirms the video, saying the students volunteered in challenges to help raise money for their annual philanthropy week. More at 9pm tonight on @OKCFOX. pic.twitter.com/3FaG8BbeAE
— Wendy Suares📺 (@wsuares) March 1, 2024
From Fox 25:
The district said that on Thursday, Deer Creek High School hosted an assembly called Clash of Classes for students to pay to attend.
Students in 9th through 12th grades volunteered to participate in different class competitions, according to the district.
Deer Creek Schools noted that every student who participated signed up for the games ahead of time and that no Deer Creek faculty or staff participated during the assembly.
The district also said students were paired up with corresponding grade levels for the competition where students were seen in the video licking toes.
One parent was shocked to hear what had happened at the fundraiser.
“Whenever she told me yesterday that was happening, I had to ask her, ‘Wait, what? They’re licking peanut butter off of toes,” an anonymous parent said. “What?”
“I am all for fundraising and all for really fun and silly things, but that right there just seems a little excessive,” the parent added.
Deer Creek School District released a statement Friday after the video was sent to Fox 25 without directly addressing the issue of students licking feet:
This afternoon, Deer Creek High School announced a grand total of $152,830.38 raised for Not Your Average Joe Coffee, an organization created to ‘inspire our community by including students and adults with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities,’ according to their website. This total was raised through a week of events and activities at both Deer Creek High School and Deer Creek Middle School, all designed to bring our community together for an extremely impactful organization. On Thursday, February 29, 2024, Deer Creek High School hosted an assembly called the Clash of Classes for students who paid to attend. During this assembly, ninth through twelfth grade students volunteered to participate in various student-organized class competitions, in the spirit of raising money for NYAJ. All participants in the assembly were students who signed up for the game(s) they played ahead of time. No Deer Creek faculty or staff participated in any of the games during this Clash of Classes assembly. Many dedicated students gave generously of their personal time to achieve this momentous accomplishment, which will serve communities beyond the boundaries of Deer Creek. We would like to thank all of the patrons, businesses and sponsors who contributed to the success of this year’s Wonderful Week of Fundraising.
Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walter said his office would launch an investigation into the “disgusting” incident.
“This is disgusting. We are cleaning up this filth in Oklahoma schools. Our agency is investigating,” he wrote on X Saturday.
This is disgusting. We are cleaning up this filth in Oklahoma schools. Our agency is investigating. https://t.co/XdWGFy3Hc2
— Superintendent Ryan Walters (@RyanWaltersSupt) March 2, 2024
Maybe someday, schools will start making headlines again over quality education programs or student accomplishments instead of whatever the hell this was.
