Holy smokes. I did it. I stopped moaning in its tracks
Welp. It happened. Middle school class. Middle of roll. I dropped my eyes to look at the seating chart and someone moaned.
Thankfully, I had a reasonably compact group of boys surrounded by girls to enough depth that it was very obvious it was one of the five.
I looked straight at them and informed them that if it happened again, all five would be calling their parent or guardian to explain either what they did or why they were choosing to cover up sexual harassment of their teacher and everyone else in the class. I asked if they had any questions before I continued with roll, and looked at them pointedly. They asked why I thought it was them, and I pointedly looked at the girls on either side of them, saying "you are telling me you expect me to believe that voice came from one of the girls on either side of you? No. I won't be doing that today. I stand by my statement. But if these girls do end up doing such a thing, I hope you speak up and tell your parents why you are covering for them. That is my expectation."
There was no more moaning. All day.
I felt invincible in that moment.