once you find out you are pregnant and either inform the school or start showing you are immediately removed from your regular school and placed in the pregnant girls one, you do not have an option, its either go to the special one or drop out. The advantages to this school are that once you have your baby they provide daycare free of charge for up to 15 months so that you can finish your education. In order to continue on with the program you MUST, no exceptions at all, return to classes within 2 weeks of giving birth, no matter what. I really have no concrete feelings about the school besides thinking the daycare portion of it is very nice, wondering what you guys think of it with the info I have given. You have all the info I have, I guess I may lean towards wondering why the girls can't stay at their regular school and then switch afterwards. Just curious on thoughts.
2007-03-15 08:48:12 · 8 answers · asked by ? 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
i work for the district and just recently found out about the school. I am 29 and pregnant with my 4th.
2007-03-15 08:52:28 · update #1
It's illegal. That's what I know. First, the Family Medical Leave Act allows a woman leave for 6 weeks after the vaginal delivery of her baby from school OR work without being penalized.
Secondly, they cannot FORCE a girl to go to a school for pregnant girls. She has a RIGHT to continue her education where she is. They will do things to encourage her- like free childcare if she goes.. but they cannot force her. They want the teen moms to be to leave so the other students don't see this as a positive thing.
I was in HONORS CLASSES when I found out I was pregnant with my son at 15. I made the choice to go to a teen parent's school and it was stupid of me! They were doing long division! It was so dull and beneath me, I left. I did get my GED when I was 18, would've gotten it sooner but my state requires that you are 18 and that your class graduates before you can take the test. I know I may not have been your typical teen pregnancy but it doesn't matter!!! Teen parents (and parents to be) should be entitled to quality education no matter what!!
My thoughts? It's illegal to force it but it's a good option to get teen moms and dads to finish high school. They typically also teach things like baby care and give parenting classes.
2007-03-15 08:53:42 · answer #1 · answered by Trouble's Mama 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not really sure how I feel about having a special school. On the one hand I'm glad that they are making it easier for the girls to continue their education, but on the other hand I thought that separate but equal was unconstitutional. How do the girls feel about it. I do feel strongly about the two week rule. Newborns need their mothers, regardless of circumstance. Two weeks is way too soon to be in daycare. And what it the baby is born via cesarean? I promise you that I was not in any condition to work at anthing a mere two weeks after my first was born.
2007-03-15 08:59:27 · answer #2 · answered by Sharon M 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its surely no longer undesirable:) No faith training and the infants tend to be much less "posh" and caught up yet i assume it relies upon on the human beings inspite of the indisputable fact that. The washrooms SUCK, they smell poor and are only the final situation you wanna pee in. Hm I also have a prob too at lunch! i could communicate as much as you may at school and make friends with some infants that are super or be friends with the different baby at school whos new too:)
2016-09-30 23:34:40 · answer #3 · answered by heusel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daycare is free and right at school...That is reason enough to stay there. No peer pressure form kids at the old school either. They shoudn't provide free daycare at that school unless you are going to it. So, I thnk it is a great idea.
Lets the pregnant girls get their education. GOOD IDEA!!!! Like it!
2007-03-15 08:53:13 · answer #4 · answered by Jennifer L 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think tht its an amazing idea...it helps the pregnant teens actually keep going with their lives, theat they can still have a fighting chance and keep their babies. Its always the girl that ends up witht he short end of the stick. I think that they should get mroe than 2 weeks before coming back.
2007-03-15 09:05:31 · answer #5 · answered by mommy_2_liam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it's a good idea. there probably want to keep the girls separate from the others because teen pregnancy seems to be "catching". once one sees the baby, they fall in love and want one themselves. not saying that's the reason for all teen pregnancy. if you have help getting through school, why not take it?
2007-03-15 08:56:10 · answer #6 · answered by redpeach_mi 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Girls that are pregnant shouldn't be allowed to be in the school they go to! It isn't right. We had somthing like that where I grew up. Only they had to go to another school district. And were kick out as well as the boyfriends. I think that all school districts in the country should do this.
2007-03-15 11:14:17 · answer #7 · answered by LITTLE 1 :o) 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This is common my Lions Club suports them .
2007-03-15 08:53:25 · answer #8 · answered by Grand pa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋