A high school gym teacher in Virginia was yanked out of the classroom after showing two “highly offensive” sex education videos produced by a frank-talking YouTube personality.

Frank Lawson, head of the physical education department at Western Albermarle High School in Crozet, is on administrative leave after showing two videos to a class of freshman girls made by Laci Green, a Los Angeles-based sex educator whose YouTube channel has more than 1.4 million subscribers, the Daily Progress reports.

“It was highly offensive, entirely inappropriate for a student audience and school administrators called each family on April 13 to apologize for its use,” the chairwoman of Albemarle County School Board, Kate Acuff, told parents in an email. “The video was not previously screened by the school, which was a violation of our standard practice.”

It’s unclear what videos were shown, but some of Green’s past content includes titles like “You Can’t POP Your Cherry!” and “Freaky Labia.” She has also opined on “The Truth About Pulling Out,” “How to Help Her Orgasm” and “Squirting 101,” among other topics. Some of the videos require users to confirm their age, as some content “may be inappropriate” for younger viewers.

Phil Giaramita, a spokesman for Albemarle County Public Schools, said Lawson will remain on leave until an investigation is completed. He declined to indicate whether the 28-year teaching veteran had been previously disciplined by the district, citing state code and privacy concerns.

Lawson approved the videos, which were presented by the Sexual Assault Resource Agency, before they were shown to a class of 28 girls, Giaramita confirmed to The Post in an email. The footage was deemed by the district’s superintendent to be “highly inappropriate for classroom use, offensive and contrary to school division values,” he said.

Sheri Owen, director of community outreach for SARA, told the Daily Progress that the content was reviewed and approved prior to being shown. The school district has since ended its relationship with the Charlottesville-based nonprofit group, according to the newspaper.

Green, for her part, addressed the controversy on Twitter last week, saying parents should see sex education as a way to “open up a conversation” with their children at home.

“Keeping that dialogue open lets them know they can *talk to you* about the VERY NORMAL feelings and experiences they’re having,” Green wrote on April 18. “It is also a way to build trust and discuss your values.”

Green also invited “angry parents” to contact her directly should they have any further questions.

“My inbox is always open to discuss,” she continued. “Just like it has always been open to the 75,000 young adults who have secretly emailed me their sex ed questions the past decade because they had nobody else to ask.”

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