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Second-Grader Accesses Explicit Content; Mother Plans Homeschooling

10/18/2025

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A second-grade student at Roye Williams Elementary School accessed sexually explicit content on a school-issued laptop.
Sadie Gaupp, the student's mother, discovered the incident by reviewing her son's search history.
The principal said filters exist, but students can still access resources like Wikipedia.
Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) says it monitors online content per federal standards and will discipline students who share inappropriate material, and Gaupp plans to homeschool.

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Story summary

A second-grade student at Roye Williams Elementary School accessed sexually explicit content on a school-issued laptop.
Sadie Gaupp, the student's mother, discovered the incident by reviewing her son's search history.
The principal said filters exist, but students can still access resources like Wikipedia.
Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) says it monitors online content per federal standards and will discipline students who share inappropriate material, and Gaupp plans to homeschool.