A recent high school trend coming to light in the Washington, D.C.-area -- students having sex in the school -- isn't that uncommon, a report suggests.

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Eight students at Osbourn High School in Manassas, Va., were suspended after being caught involved in an oral-sex orgy in the school's auditorium in September, The Washington Post said Sunday.

Nearly a dozen students in the area have been suspended or disciplined for sexual activity on school grounds over the past year, like in the gymnasium, bathrooms and parking lots.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports nearly half of 15 to 19-year-olds have had sex and more than that oral sex.

Some, like Jessica Miller, a graduate of T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., chalk it up to opportunity in a secluded, dark place at school as opposed to the lack of places at home.

Others, like Ihsan Musawwir, a graduate of Dunbar Senior High School in Washington, D.C., attribute it to the thrill of possibly getting caught.

He also said young people see it on TV and think they can do it without getting caught.