Virtual lesson on first day of school interrupted by porn; parents want students back in classroom

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. - Two virtual lessons on the first day of school for a class of Palisades Elementary School students were interrupted by porn, it was reported Wednesday. 

The students were participating in a virtual class session on Google Meet when images described as "hard-core porn" were displayed on the screens of the 10-year-old students.

School officials immediately shut down the class and moved the students to another virtual class, which was again disrupted with pornographic images.

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In a letter sent to parents, Palisades Elementary School Principal Lisa Baggio said, "Please accept my deepest apologies for this happening. I am working with the district to investigate this incident and determine additional next steps to prevent this from happening again." 

Parents took to social media expressing outrage over the incident.

One parent said in part, "Some of these students and parents are so horrified, they will not be logging back into online learning. Our kids need to go back to school."

"These kids need to go back to school. I think our children are going to be a heck of a lot safer on campus then subjected to online creeps," another parent wrote.

Ryan Burris, Chief Communications Officer of the Capistrano Unified School District, said the district does not believe the virtual lessons were hacked, but rather an inside job.

"We believe this was done by someone who had access to the links to those meetings," Burris said in a statement to FOX 11.

The school district has requested the assistance of law enforcement and has rolled out additional security measures and protocols to its teachers and staff.

The incident remains under investigation.

FOX 11's Susan Hirasuna contributed to this report.